Joe Doakes of Como Park writes:
When the state government shuts down, it won’t be spending tax money, right? So why should I pay state taxes for the portion of the government that’s shut down?
I’m willing to pay for what I get, but fair is fair – if they’re not providing the service, I shouldn’t have to pay for it. I propose we only pay for what’s deemed “essential.” If that’s 10% of the budget, we pay 10% of the taxes; the rest, we keep. Even Cy Thao should agree with that.
That’d be Cy Thao, the former St. Paul state senator who famously said:
When you guys win, you get to keep your money.
When we win, we take your money
And when you’re not working, we should keep our money.
Because while we, the taxpayer, may not have “won”, it’s for sure that by floating Mark Dayton into office on a wave of toxic sleaze, all you state workers lost.
Sadly, the lions share of tax revenue comes from payroll withholding, and that isn’t going to change.
Cy Thao is a moron. I wonder if he’s visited any of the Hmong businesses along University since the Light Rail Nazis started the contruction? My guss would be no. Those business owners would probably chase him out of their shops with meat cleavers!