Posted by keithmerk on Tuesday, May 02, 2006 at 2:04PM :
In Reply to: Re: I didn't notice anything different at all posted by Keith in Washington on Tuesday, May 02, 2006 at 12:50PM :
Funny thing about taxes with out the right kind of representation I seem to recall a big bunch of hoorah a few years back about taxation without representation let me see I know what it was called-it's right on the tip of my tongue but I can't seem to get it out. Oh well I think i'll just go get some tea from boston I hear that a new shipment has just gotten here. Maybe we can have a tea party in boston. Seriously a few years back we had something like that happen here in AZ. WE as a state voted down a 1% tax increase so that Jerry Coangelo could build a baseball stadium for a non existant baseball team during a time when the baseball commisioner said there would be no more expansion teams. WE shot is down by like 90 to 10. This happened three years in a row. Finally our state congress got together and decided to pass a law that said they could enact a tax if they felt it was for the better good of our community and no one knew about it. Then they passed a tax of 1% on all sales in maricopa county (phoenix and the valley) to "improve the quality of life by rebuilding the downtown phoenix area" -baseball stadium gets built and funny how just after the completion of the stadium- We get a baseball team! Then Even more interesting right after we get a team they take the whole banana for baseball and win the world series! Huh kinda interesting! So lets recap Get a tax no one wants,build a stadium for a non existant team,get a team and in the first year they take the championship. Sound fishy to anyone else? Well It's just a example of what can happen if you don't pay attention to what is going on around you! So keep yourself in the loop or you never know what will happen.