The Truth on Proposal 1 & What It Will and Will Not Do

[Demeter]

4. Prop. 1 is a "Soak the Poor" Proposition

the effects of sale taxes are always regressive, despite the exemption of food. Poor people pay the freight, not those wealthy enough to afford it without suffering.

And the deception employed: only a portion (less than half, I believe) of the money raised goes to the roads, and some to the schools, and the rest runs through ratholes into special interest pockets.

Furthermore...the first thing to suffer in an economic downturn is the sales tax revenues. So this is a cheap way to look like they are fixing a problem, when in fact, they are making it worse.

The PROPER way to fund any government, especially in a putative democracy, is through progressive taxes on current income (and only that portion which is above a reasonable standard of living), and estate taxes to prevent the formation and growth of an economic aristocracy.

Note how the GOP is hell-bent on eliminating both these funding sources....so the DeVos family can rest easy, like the Fords and such before them....