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Show Rebuttal to Arguments Against Initiative B QUESTION Why cut basic services before cutting waste? The Governor's Commission on Cost Effective Government Govern-ment found $40 to $60 million dollars waste in only three tax-supported organizations. (Sept. '88) How much waste would a similar commission find if it examined all government organizations? QUESTION Why make cuts where they would cause loss of federal funds? The 1987 tax hike brought no additional federal funds; why should we lose them when it is repealed? FACT Businesses need a tax break. In a KSLDeseret News poll late last year, 49 of businesses said high taxes were the majorobstacle to expansion. 21 said their greatest concern was staying in business. QUESTION Since the 1987 tax hike was sold as a 5 increase, why when repealed does it become a 13 cut? $141 million dollars is 5 of the total state budget of $2.8 billion. FACT Initiatives A & B are about making government responsible to the voters, not about voting for supporters of A, B,&C. Initiatives A & B allow voters to set limits on government spending. FACT Almost every organization, union, and individual opposing passage of A, B, & C has interest in government funding. Many, including the major media and the labor unions (UEA and UPEA), have given huge amounts of money to oppose the initiatives. Threats to cut essential services are typical of those protecting bureaucratic turf and inefficiency. ROLLBACK OF THE 1987 TAX INCREASE IS ESSENTIAL TO UTAH'S ECONOMIC RECOVERY. Vote FOR Initiative B. J. Bracken Lee, Former Governor Tax Limitation Coalition P.O. Box 26246 Salt Lake City, Utah 84126 |