Confused by TABOR and voting against it

Portland Press Herald
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Letter to the Editor by Artis Bernard

I'm confused by TABOR; therefore, I'll vote against it. I refuse to vote for something I don't understand. I'm confused because Mary Adams says it won't cut any budgets. If that's the case, how can it relieve the tax burden?

Anyway, I don't think of taxes as a burden. I think of them as a savings, since I can't afford to hire firemen or buy a firetruck or build a schoolbuilding and hire teachers. And roads and bridges and snowplows! All beyond my pocketbook.

Thank you, all you other taxpayers, for helping to provide these things way beyond my shallow pockets. With you on board, I'll gladly pay taxes.

Artis Bernard of South Portland is a member of MPA's Greater Portland chapter.

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