tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post3683979107162239491..comments2024-03-06T04:16:12.541-06:00Comments on Tony's Kansas City: KANSAS CITY FEARS UPCOMING APRIL 'LIMITLESS' GO BOND TAX VOTE!!!Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17923450492847284487noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-39901909034493269712017-02-08T17:17:27.781-06:002017-02-08T17:17:27.781-06:00Now is the time for all county residents, outside ...Now is the time for all county residents, outside KC proper, to fake register to vote and pass this huge tax as payback for the earnings tax screwing we got from the folks in KC. Remember, there is no such thing as voter fraud in libtard land and you will never be asked for ID!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-35671877815573514282017-02-08T10:08:33.548-06:002017-02-08T10:08:33.548-06:00Trolley boy: The ad hominem troll that just keeps ...Trolley boy: The ad hominem troll that just keeps trolling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-80100214028641543822017-02-08T10:00:21.165-06:002017-02-08T10:00:21.165-06:00Dan Coffey: The douche that keeps on douching.Dan Coffey: The douche that keeps on douching.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-43143211379816807332017-02-08T08:30:44.506-06:002017-02-08T08:30:44.506-06:00Being able to borrow money and the interest rate a...Being able to borrow money and the interest rate attached depends on the ability to pay it back.<br />A city's ability to pay depends on its authority to raise money, which is to say, to tax.<br />If principle plus interest payments exceed the amounts raised by the original tax increase, the city has to either divert money from the general fund which pays for basic services that residents depend on, or increase taxes in one way or another.<br />While public finance can be complex and difficult to understand, it is still based on arithmetic, which isn't so hard to figure out.<br />The bond issue may be affordable for KCMO and, if projects were chosen thoughtfully and intelligently, repair of infrastructure in the city is certainly desperately needed.<br />But the way decisions and priorities are set at 12th and Oak and the utterly disingenuous bond campaign that has been undertaken so far make it highly unlikely that people will really know what they're voting on and that if the issue passes, how the money will actually be spent.<br />There's been lots of cheer leading, grandiose claims, upside-down priorities, and wasted money by this administration, and its credibility is justifiably very very low.<br />They have to be hoping for a low-turnout low-information election driven mostly by deceit and mindless enthusiasm.<br />And, given past issue elections, they may well be right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-76247037907840835902017-02-08T08:18:12.158-06:002017-02-08T08:18:12.158-06:00BS vote NO.BS vote NO.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-13865002729135546012017-02-08T08:08:41.547-06:002017-02-08T08:08:41.547-06:00And he did a meet an greet too!And he did a meet an greet too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-14014881201342491852017-02-08T08:08:02.256-06:002017-02-08T08:08:02.256-06:00NO NO NOOOO! Everyone was cheering loudly for it a...NO NO NOOOO! Everyone was cheering loudly for it and gave the Mayor a 30 minute standing ovation at the end of his presentation!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com