Posted by sjuan at 10/31/09 09:11AM        Post ID#: #16627

Why is it news when organizations come out against I-1033, but not the other way around?

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Posted by SteveZemke at 10/31/09 11:45AM        Post ID#: #16642

I-1033 is Tim Eyman's latest attempt to reduce and limit the ability of elected officials to provide needed services both at the state and local level. It applies to not just the state but to all 39 counties and 281 cites.

It would remove the ability of locally elected officials to set priorities and provide services above this year's recession level spending because it would implement a budget freeze. The only way to restore services lost due to the recession would be by repeated referendum votes.

Since the state was formed cities and counties have had elected representatives make these decisions. Eyman proposes in I-1033 to take away your local control and ability to make your own decisions. He wants to replace our representative government with repeated referendum votes on budgets. California has tried this on the state level with dismal results.

Colorado is the only other state that has passed legislation like I-1033 and it has drastically reduced services like education and health care and road repair. They recently voted to suspend their law to allow time to resore lost services.

You can check out this YouTube video on Colorado's experience:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbF3_CiOtoM

Vote No on I-1033. We don't need to lock ourselves into a permanent recession like Eyman proposes.

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Posted by sjuan at 10/31/09 05:11PM        Post ID#: #16659

I would suggest that people read the actual initiative instead of listening to tax and spend liberals like Steve Zemke. When you do read it, you'll see that Steve is blowing smoke.

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Posted by SteveZemke at 11/01/09 09:08PM        Post ID#: #16719

By all means, please do read the initiative. It is a wealth transfer scheme, taking taxes paid by everyone and only using them to pay property taxes. The more property you own the more you benefit. But not everyone owns property.

Initiative 1033 is a giant tax shift that hurts lower income citizens and mainly benefits those with lots of property.

Danny Westneat’s article in the Seattle Times says it all with his headline “I-1033 A Windfall for the Rich”

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/dannywestneat/2010058262_danny14.html

As Westneat says, Eyman
“...could have targeted his tax relief to help those who most need it. But he didn’t. This is the rotten core of his initiative.
Forget all the caterwauling about spending cuts. At its heart this is a massive giveaway to the rich that does little or nothing for the poor.”

A vote for I-1033 will help millionaires and corporations pay their property taxes at your expense. Vote No

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Posted by sjuan at 11/02/09 02:29PM        Post ID#: #16764

Steve,
When property taxes increase, do you also consider that a "wealth transfer scheme", since the less property you own the less you pay? Why shouldn't property owners, who pay the most taxes, also pay less when property taxes decrease?

Liberals like you have to use class warfare to convince people that higher taxes are good for them.

For all the doom and gloom scare tactics we hear from anti I-1033 liberals, they always forget to mention that I-1033 allows the voters to raise taxes on themselves if they feel the need. Big government liberals want the power to raise taxes on the citizens at will, and they are willing to lie and mislead to accomplish their agenda.

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