Note: The following is a letter to the editor of the Gainesville Times written by a friend of SWGAPolitics.com, Kellie Weeks of Gainesville, GA.
As politicians continue to spend money we don’t have on things we don’t need, our children’s futures are wasting away. Every time we turn around, someone from the government is telling us they “need” more money because “revenue” is down. Whether it is local, state or federal, they need to raise taxes to “provide” us with services we “need.” After all, they know what we “need” better than we do, right?
Just last summer, the city school system raised taxes to pay off about $1.5 million of a $6 million debt. At the time, they cut very little, and though it was pointed out to the board that the “tuition program” was being subsidized by taxpayers at a tune of $1.5 million a year, the board would not consider ending it.
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