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Old 07-07-2011, 12:26 PM   #127
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Then there is a budget problem and taxes need to be raised to cover the services offered.
If the dollars they took out for the library actually went for the library, it would cover library costs. But having worked there, it appeared to me they received approximately 1/3 of the money that was pulled in for "library tax." Just a guess really, but the point stands:

If they call it a library tax, that money should go to the library, not 12 other pet projects. The tax is higher here because it is tacked onto the water bill than I was paying to join when I wasn't part of the "taxed community." Far higher.

It's a game politicians have gotten away with for too long.
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