So I noticed this on one of the blogs I regularly read. I found it shocking for the primary reason of the 5 or so city jobs that $250,000 could provide for a year. Or just think of how many other things Lane County could do with that much money? How much stuff could that do for some schools?? UGH.
I was kind of annoyed but not surprised so I went to the Register-Guard site where I stumbled upon this.
It never ends. First of all, taxing cigarettes to "raise" money for health care is a guilt tactic. And even though those few commenters seem to be illiterate they make good points. Of all of them, "Roxanne" seems to have the best, most logical solution...
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The advertising for more tax revenue by claiming to have a lack of funds, while laughable and hypocritical, is sensible if considered from a "cost benefit" perspective:
if the $250,000 ad succeeds in convincing the dupe-able citizenry to okay a tax hike, the result could be millions in increased "revenue".
I'm guessing businesses with flagging profits do this all the time: spend money to make money as it were. Of course, they're not wasteful bureaucracies who are trying to justify even more waste.
If it succeeds, then I guess they deserve what they get...
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