Speak Out 11/24/17

Taxes, taxes, taxes

Better consider the taxes you are already paying before you vote to allow more taxes. I remember when the City tax was 2 cents on the dollar. Now it's 8.725 and sometimes I see where they added another 5.725. Now they want to tax online sales on things that are not even being sold in Poplar Bluff. There will be no end to these taxes. The only way they're going to go is up. If you look at personal taxes you already pay, you should be able to see they're going to totally and completely own us and everything we think we own. Wake up and smell the coffee while you still have money to buy some with. Be sure to vote.

Federal or local, you'll pay taxes

You know I'm not the smartest person in the world, but in my lifetime, every time the federal government has reduced taxes it has resulted in an even greater increase in taxes at the local level. It costs money to run a country and if the feds aren't collecting then the local folks will be. I think your special tax district that runs from Shelby Road back down 67 to 53 is a prime example. I think the private tax area on the Sutton property on 142 and 53 are a prime example. The private tax entity down at the State Line Cafe area is also another excellent example. All the little points twos, and thirds and fourths and half-cents sales tax for different things -- all of that stuff if an increase in taxes most of it brought about because their federal turnback funds for local projects get diminished every time the federal government reduces taxes.

If you're smart, you'll be against the reduction of federal taxes because you're gonna end up with an increase in local taxes that's gonna more than off-set the federal cuts there's no variations.

Solidarity

or nit-picking

Yes, uh, we're looking at the terrorist attacks in the U.S., excuse me, 2011, the recent France and England attacks. The very first thing the leaders of these nations did was to draw all the people together for strength and solidarity. To the terrorists they say you will not let us give in, we will not give in because we are going to stand together and that's just what the New York mayor did. However, two days later not one single word of encouragement to America's people but only a criticism to the New York mayor. What do you think other nations who are looking at us? What do you think they think of this President? He does not want to bring his people together he wants to nit-pick, he wants to blame. He wants to cause fights. He needs to bring the people together.