In response to The Herald front page article on Tuesday, “Can you swallow a candy tax?”: The answer is a resounding no. The people of this state are taxed enough. The economy is in no condition to have any added taxation weighing down a pending recovery.
The state leaders must take responsibility for the three founding responsibilities: public safety, public education, and providing an economic environment for the private sector to grow goods and services. The state government needs to get out of many private sector businesses. In one of Barbara Bailey’s commentaries published by The Herald, she listed a number of these business ventures that should be turned back over to private enterprises, such as the insurance business and liquor sales.
No tax is really fair, especially the proposed candy tax. More people are finding that they are intolerant to gluten (protein found in wheat). These people require a gluten-free diet and have enough restrictions put upon their food intake. The new proposed law will put an unfair tax on their dietary and medical requirements.
How about considering saving tax dollars? Let’s consider saving money on road construction by taking into consideration the durability of the proposed road pavement and apply it to all road construction bids. The legislators should pass a law banning studded tires on our state highways. There are tires designed to hold the road without studs that eat up our roads.
The state government has a few good leaders who know what is needed to help the state’s economy grow out of this recession; and we, the public, must discern who they are and support them. Like Eleanor Roosevelt said, “Most of the people are right most of the time.” See you at the polls.
Don Gardner
Arlington
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