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Re: 15-year 1/2-cent sales tax to be on the ballot in Tampa

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From: Bsgenius
Date: Fri, 07 Jun 1996 00:00
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VOTE NO ON THE PROPOSED 8% INCREASE IN YOUR ALREADY OUTRAGEOUS SALES TAX!

Before you join the other lemings and march into the sea with ever more
taxes, taxes, taxes, try asking yourself if you think you are already
getting the most bang for your buck with the property tax you pay for
schools.

Do we really need more police to man radar traps to give speeding tickets
and catch criminals making U-turns on Dale Mabry?

Any good marketing or sales guru can find a soft spot in your heart and
head for just one more tax increase on top of one more tax increase on top
of one more tax increase until we find ourselves contributing 101% of what
we earn!

Do you realize that by the time you add up what is already sucked from
your paycheck and checkbook by all forms of government (from income tax to
gas tax to telephone tax), the average American wagearner ALREADY
"contributes" more than 50% of his wages back to someone else who THINKS
he knows how to better spend our money than we do.

Isn't it nice to finally have a chance to have a voice in whether we wish
to tax ourselves for more "can't live without" goodies?

If a new stadium is such a wonderful financial idea, why can't it be self
supporting?  If it can't be self supporting, why do we need it?

If parochial schools can produce a better product for less than half what
we pay for public school education, do we really need to throw more money
at a problem to make it go away?  Democrats and liberals have been doing
just that for 30 years and how many problems have they fixed?

Will more money for a new police station or newer cop cars keep the drug
addict from busting into your house at night or car-jacking your new
wheels?

Get smart, people!  Take control of just a little bit of your purse and
say NO.

We don't need an 8% increase in our sales tax!!!   PERIOD !!  Can you
spell F-I-F-T-E-E-N  Y-E-A-R-S ???   I'll learn to live with the 
consequences of defeating another tax whack out of my pocket.  ENOUGH IS
ENOUGH - VOTE NO!!!   DON'T BE A SUCKER!


Go Bucs, but leave my checkbook alone!

Bill Streit
Tampa, FL

Republicans believe every day is the 4th of July but Democrats believe
every day is April 15.             - Ronald Reagan -
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Subject: Re: 15-year 1/2-cent sales tax to be on the ballot in Tampa
Date: 1996/06/07
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