OpinionMarch 21, 2016
The tax-and-spend mentality
When will officials at all levels of government learn to live within their means? They all talk a good game to get elected, then adapt the same tax-and-spend mentality once in office. There are two issues on the April 5 ballot that fit in this agenda. One is the so-called use tax; the other is listed as a vehicle tax. I don't know about you, but I feel like I'm taxed enough already!...
When will officials at all levels of government learn to live within their means? They all talk a good game to get elected, then adapt the same tax-and-spend mentality once in office.
There are two issues on the April 5 ballot that fit in this agenda. One is the so-called use tax; the other is listed as a vehicle tax. I don't know about you, but I feel like I'm taxed enough already!
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Please consider voting no on both issues in April. Tell our elected officials to start using the same rule the rest of us are forced to live by: Don't spend more than you make.
MIKE STEINHILBER, Jackson
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