Journal pudge's Journal: KING5 Attacks Eyman, Loses Anyway 1
KING5 went after Tim Eyman's initiative 1033 on Up Front today, trying to claim that we're not overtaxed and that our services will need to be cut. The former is an opinion, and the latter isn't true. You can watch the whole piece here.
Eyman didn't get much time to speak, and while he gave the basic idea for I-1033, he didn't really get into the details of how government has been growing out of control. But he did win the argument anyway.
Cross-posted on <pudge/*>.
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What I think will become evident in a few years (or less) is that property ownership in America is coming to an end.
We've tolerated a system with ever-increasing income taxes at the federal level, paying for a massive bureaucracy which does little other than re-distribute the funds "on our behalf".
We can debate the value of this system, but what I've wondered for years is at what point the various taxes on income would turn into a serious disincentive to traditional work.
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