Blob mentality?
Vote ‘no” on Measure A or any other tax/bond proposals. For those who don’t remember the movie The Blob, it was about an outer-space creature that landed on Earth and grew larger and redder with every person it would consume. Our governments have become a massive “Blob,” gobbling up every available cent (as in taxpayer blood) in their path.
The politicians try to sugar-coat these tax measures by telling citizens that the money will only be spent on certain categories such as infrastructure or public safety.
It’s a bold-faced lie. What they fail to disclose is that extra tax money will go to the general fund. In other words, it’s a finely tuned scheme to extract more money from cash-strapped taxpayers to sate their appetites for out-of-control spending.
It is the citizens who must take it upon themselves to curb the politicians’ irresponsible spending. A “no” vote on any new taxes sends a strong message that the governments must learn to live within their budgets— just like the rest of us.
Diana Lejins
Long Beach
[Ed. note: Lejins is a sometime contributing photographer for the Signal Tribune.]
