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Every tax is a pay cut. Every tax cut is a pay raise.
Citizens for Limited Taxation |
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"For if the majority of citizens is, in principle, conceded the
right to impose its way of life upon a minority, it is impossible to
stop at prohibitions against indulgence in alcohol, morphine,
cocaine, and similar poisons. Why should not what is valid for these
poisons be valid also for nicotine, caffeine, and the like? Why
should not the state generally prescribe which foods may be indulged
in and which must be avoided because they are injurious?....We see
that as soon as we surrender the principle that the state should not
interfere in any questions touching on the individual's mode of
life, we end by regulating and restricting the latter down to the
smallest detail. The personal freedom of the individual is
abrogated. He becomes a slave of the community, bound to obey the
dictates of the majority."
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In the latest follies by the Framingham selectmen exercising their
morality over us, Jack Mabardy, owner of Town Taxi is being
denied a license to operate in the town because he taxes town
resources. The selectmen claim that the police have had
too many complaints about his service. This constitutes
a waste of town resources. Police should be able to do more
important things like be flagmen
Take note that there is no mention of any crimes being
committed. No one was arrested. The selectmen
are exercising their morality.
I agree with Jack Mabardy that the town is overstepping their
authority. I hope that Mabardy sues and wins.
While Town Taxi may cost us some, the police waste far more
money being flagmen.
Let me understand this. The town government has been growing by a sustained rate of 7% thru generous state aid to municipalities and the Board of Selectman still requested an override in June of 2002. I am now paying an extra $275 a year for the rest of my life because of their greedy tax and spend liberalism. Now, the Board of Selectman choose to not provide Jack Mabardy (who has operated in Framingham for 30 years) his taxi license because he might have overcharged customers or operated without a taxi license. I consider the override tax increase an overcharge in taxes. The greed, arrogance, and moral hypocrisy of the three selectman who denied Jack Mabardy his license (Christopher C. Ross, Esther A. H. Hopkins and Charles J. Sisitsky) is now documented for the Framingham voters to see.
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Esther Hopkins,
chairwoman of the Board of Selectmen states
that the issuance of liquor licenses is based on public need.
I could not agree more. Give every applicant for a liquor
license that which they seek and if they go out of business,
there was no public need. Don't, however try to dictate
what the public needs are based on your own distorted sense of
morality.
Two thumbs down for Esther Hopkins, our new fearless temperance leader. Any relationship to Carrie Nation?
"You can be sure that people without vices have some pretty
annoying virtues."
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| The Board of Selectmen must be pining for the old days when we could burn these immoral people at the stake, or tar and feather them. Ahhh! The good old days! :-) Now, we just run them out of town. |
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