Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Why I'm NOT Voting On Ballot Measures 51 and 52

I've always been a serious voting advocate. How can one complain if one doesn't make the effort to change things by voting? The description of Measure 51 may have changed all that for me.

1) The summary makes no sense whatever. It actually says "Authorizes legislature to enact implementing legislation." I can grasp at what they are trying to say but this nonsensical newspeak is so garbled and circular I actually think they do it on purpose to confuse people.

2) They cannot predict the financial impact of these measures. Convenient, however true it may be. Financial impact is one of my deciding factors when voting. The people who write this stuff like to guilt the voting public into agreeing to HUGE amounts of taxes.

Why I AM voting on 53 is because the state shouldn't be able to request permission from its inhabitants to confiscate private property.

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