I am a big no on Resolution 8201.
With our state government’s track record of being so fiscally responsible with taxpayer dollars, now they want us to allow them to gamble funding with monies for people with disabilities on a volatile stock market.
What’s next? They’ll ask us to take the general fund to Vegas and see if they can run that up too? I think they need to leave it in the slow but stable growth stocks they already have instead of gambling it away.
We know that in the future, if stocks plummet and they lose big bucks, they’ll be after taxpayers again for more funding to make up the difference. No sweat off their nose, but taxpayers will get blasted again with higher tax rates and a lower standard of living for them, all because of the state’s ability to mess everything up and spend money faster than a dog can trot.
I say no, no, no. We pay way too much in absurd taxes now. They’re willing to gamble with our money, and I’m not.
Roland Haney
Centralia
