Disappointed

Yesterday a 1/4 cent sales tax referendum was defeated in my county. This tax would have been on non-grocery items. This tax would have raised approximately 2 million dollars a year for a youth community center and multiple jobs. It was defeated because people are very, very small-minded and greedy.

Most of this money would have come from tourists, people. Tourists! Good job shooting yourself in the foot, guys.

A quarter-cent tax means that on every $4000 dollars you spend on non-grocery items, 10 of those dollars would be for taxes. Is that too much to ask to help our children, to create jobs? Obviously it is.

Understand, that I do not make a lot of money. I live paycheck to paycheck. I have no savings. I really have no business throwing away my money. But some things are more important than me. I would rather my community have a recreation center for youth and more jobs than an extra 30-40 dollars in the bank at the end of the year.

I am tired of people. They are selfish and ignorant. Some taxes should be removed. Sometimes government does waste our money. This was not one of those times. This was an example of blind conservatives voting against taxes becasue "Taxes are evil and socialist." We could have done something great and lasting for our community by giving about 10 bucks a year, but instead we indignantly cried foul and continued to covet our insignificant money.

So, when a kid puts graffiti up on the side of your business instead of playing basketball at a community center, take comfort in that extra 10 bucks in your wallet. When your friend with a degree in recreational studies moves in with his mom because there are no jobs for him, consider loaning him some of that immense fortune you saved by voting down this referendum.

Instead of spending your 10 dollars on those stupid "Don't Tread on Me" flags and bumper stickers, you could have built a community center. Instead of spending 10 bucks on another large pizza and accruing more and more heart disease, you could have created jobs. Do I really live in a community that cares more about 10 stinkin' dollars than it does people? Yes, yes I do.

So hide behind your conservative ideals all you want. In the end, you are nothing but selfish and deserve the world riddled with juvenile crime and unemployment you have created.