Yes vote on I-976 sends a message to the state on taxes

Voting yes on I-976 for $30 car tabs tells government we are tired of poor money management. If you want more money, quit giving yourselves raises. Budget effectively to provide for the people.

Washington voters already voted for $30 car tabs (twice!) along with everything else Tim Eyman got on the ballot. But government keeps overturning what people voted for.

ST3 stated raise tax from 0.3 percent to 1.1 percent. The government and Sound Transit were deceptive presenting what the increase would actually cost voters. This is fraud! The deception has not been overturned in three years, and government continues to steal from its people.

All taxes for businesses and products are passed down to the people to pay those taxes.

State Attorney General Bob Ferguson has, to date, spent $1 million of taxpayer money to harass the one man working to actually get tax relief for the people.

Government has spent millions of taxpayer money on false information ads to scare you into voting no. In the six years since a semi-truck crashed into and caused a Mount Vernon bridge to collapse in 2013, nothing has been done to “upgrade bridges.” Careless people, not crappy roads, caused 560 deaths in 2017. These should be covered by 68 cents tax per gallon gas we buy.

Since government blatantly believes they are above the law, and believe we are not bright enough to stop them, we need to exert the power of people and Vote yes on I-976!

Deby Horton

Everett

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