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In article <712332331.1@mdf.FidoNet>, Sam Waring writes:

> 
>  
> Well, the money from the lottery that you're talking about isn't new  
> revenue, as your post seems to imply.  The revenue from that is going to  
> keep already-in-place programs funded in *current* levels, measured in  
> constant dollars.  It's not a new cash cow.  The Lege had several choices  
> before it last session:  pass an income tax (which few outside Bob  
> Bullock were brave enough to advocate), pass a lottery, or crank up user  
> fees by a few thousand percent on all sorts of things and close some  
> exemptions in the sales tax (which they also did).  The other possibility  
> they could have chosen was to crank up the sales tax into the 10% range.  
> That wasn't very popular politically, either.

Or, they could have reduced spending to match income.  (Yeah, I know that is
heresy to the big government lovers out there...)  By the way, the government
gets more money today than it ever has before.  Why do they need more?  Think
about it.

> I've thus far refused to play the lottery.  I think the Lege shoulda gone  
Smart move.  You'll be richer for it.

> on and had the collective balls to pass an income tax, which is far  
> overdue in this state, but since they didn't and passed a lottery  
> instead, the only way I can protest is by refusing to buy into their  
> lottery.

We don't need an income tax here!  We DON'T want an income tax here!  If you
want an income tax, move to New York!  Mario wants more suckers (taxpayers)
to fund the expansion of his empire.


                                                Jim Pritchett


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