Issue 20: Montgomery County Ohio Human Services Levy
Posted by DarthDilbert at 11/03/2007 09:34:00 PMWhenever I'm in need of a good laugh the liberal columnist in the Debate Forum for Dayton City Paper never lets me down. His latest column is about Issue 20, the Human Services Levy here in Montgomery County. The levy will replace the existing tax of 5.21 mills and increase it by 2 mills.
It's clear from his columns in the past that Mr. Hurwitz hates capitalism, and he doesn't let his readers down this week. After ranting about "free enterprise and a market economy" he asks, "Is it okay for the lowest bidder to educate our children?" Guess what Sparky, they do already - as a teacher in government schools you should know this.
He trips over himself pulling out examples from the former Soviet Union for what government should provide. He writes that the levy will "help families get their children immunizations they might not have otherwise been able to afford". I've heard this sob story before but when you investigate individual examples you find that the parents choose to allocate their budget poorly. These parents can't supposedly pay for their children to be immunized but have digital cable (or satellite) TV, air conditioning, cell phones, and at least one gaming system.
He is proud to announce that the money taken by the government for the levy will "provide our county's elders with the basic human dignity and respect we all want our grandparents to receive." He doesn't stop there though, he lets us know that the levy will increase the pride of the community. I'm glad to finally know what the price of pride and "basic human dignity" is now.
He would surely have been given a timeout by his local ACLU chapter if he didn't appeal to the politically correct gods. He appeased them by explaining that the levy "also provides an enormous collection of support services for the differently-abled."
As I said earlier he trips over himself pulling out examples from the former Soviet Union for what government should provide. He believes that government should provide housing/shelter, jobs, pensions, food, and health care. I think we've found the new posterboy for the socialist democRATs. He asserts that the levy "helps families maintain a modicum of self-respect as they face the loss of the life they knew". I would think that standing in line at a government agency begging for a handout would eliminate any shred of self-respect and embarrass someone rather than providing that self-respect.
Dayton City Paper
Montgomery County Board of Elections
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