Brewer opposes initiative to make education sales tax permanent

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• Hellraiser posted at 2:46 pm on Mon, Jul 9, 2012.

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  What part of "temporary" don't you people understand? Arizona has one of the highest tax structures in the nation and you want to keep it that way. I am sure that will help with job growth. You are always saying "it is for the kids" or "law enforcement" but it is never enough... I hope to hell this does not pass. Enough is enough!!!

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• Mike McClellan posted at 3:30 pm on Mon, Jul 9, 2012.

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  Hellraiser's comments ape what the Goldwater "Institute" propagandized back in 2010, when they claimed that Arizona would lose up to 40,000 jobs as a result of the sales tax increase. Instead, two years later, Arizona has one of the best states in the country for job GROWTH. In fact, during the time the sales tax increase has existed, we've gone from 49th in job growth to 22nd. Apparently, the scare propaganda of the Goldwater Propagandists proved to be reliably false.

  Ideally, budgeting by initiative is a bad idea. But with this state and this legislature, it makes sense. The voters understand that while education -- being the biggest slice of the budget pie -- had to be cut when times were awful, as the budget picture improved, our Republitarians added little to the K-12 budget, with it still being hundreds of millions less than it was in 2008. And the Republitarians seem to have little enthusiasm for restoring the cuts they've made.

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• chatmandu002 posted at 10:43 pm on Mon, Jul 9, 2012.

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  Budgeting by voter initiative is bad and this initiative is really bad. Vote NO.

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• spyderdog posted at 11:33 pm on Mon, Jul 9, 2012.

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  this legislature is 100% incapable of making any intelligent decisions regarding anything (let alone the cackling fool we have running the whole fiasco). id say the less things these clowns have the power to decide on the better. im fully aware that is kind of like saying id rather put my hand in a piranha tank then an alligators mouth, but such as life here in a post tea party arizona

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• spyderdog posted at 11:35 pm on Mon, Jul 9, 2012.

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  and let me add, of course we need children reading at at least a 4th grade level here....thats as far as they need to get in order to read a ballot. however if they get any smarter, they might not vote for people like what we got running this state right now

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• k33j88 posted at 5:12 am on Tue, Jul 10, 2012.

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  Time to throw the "public education system" , as it is now designed, out the window. Create a competitive atmosphere, financed through private funds, and staffed by those un-tenured, un-unionized folks who put kids, not pensions, first. "Promote the general welfare" invoked a level playing field, free of cumbersome rules and regulations, not an entitlement mentality.

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• wdgnas posted at 6:00 am on Tue, Jul 10, 2012.

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  did i read that right? the governor saying that no oversight would be a good thing.
  But the governor's call for $200 million for "soft capital'' expenses, including books, computers and supplies, was ignored, with lawmakers instead putting just $15 million into the budget for all schools in the state to divide up in all capital expenses.
  a scam used by politicos from both parties for cover. i called for more money, but the legislature did not go along. or i voted for that bill, can i help it when it gets voted down? (voting after the bill has been already killed)

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• OldMan posted at 7:20 pm on Wed, Jul 11, 2012.

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  The governor said the initiative measure would tie the hands of the Legislature,...........

  we certainly don't want citizens to hinder this active, visionary, intellectual group.

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