The lamestream media told you:
“Would you pay an extra 66 cents a day — on top of soaring gas prices — if it meant less rush hour traffic, better public transit and fewer people dying on the highways?” writes Hope Yen in a lead sentence for the AP. A special commission “is presenting a choice something like that,” Yen says.
The Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that:
Trying to sell the government’s interest in raising taxes, using hollow appeals the government hands you, is not the proper role of a reporter, but no charges are expected to be filed.
“With mountains of money already poured into Washington by taxpayers, and much of it grossly wasted, asking for more to provide essential services is a brutal slap in the face,” says The Uninvited Ombudsman, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Justifying the increase by pointing out the tax hasn’t gone up in 15 years, and that the Minneapolis bridge collapse was caused by an inadequate design, adds insult to injury. Repeating a commissioner’s claim that the cost is “less than the price of a candy bar,” is an affront, and hopelessly deceptive if you do the math and see the estimate is actually $240 per year per person, forever.
