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Show Arguments Against ' You need the facts to understand the consequences of Initiative B! pQT Basic services we need will be cut! I Initiative B forces large cuts in services. Of the state operating budget, 52 is for public education, 19 for higher education, 8 for Social Services, 5 for Corrections, and 5 for Health. Administrative costs are low. Utah's state, city, and county governments have fewer employees per 10,000 population than any state in the nation. If Initiative B passes, the large reductions required cannot be made only through cuts in administration. Basic services will be cut! The cuts will cause Utah to lose substantial federal funding! Federal dollars fund many state programs. Most federal grants require the state to "match" with some state dollars. In many programs, for every state dollar cut, three federal dollars will be lost. In the interstate road construction program, for every six state dollars cut, ninety-four dollars will be lost! FACT To prosper, businesses need the basic services Initiative B would cut! Businesses, like people, grow in good places to live. The Grant Thornton study shows that businesses demand good schools, highways, and police services. These things are more I important to business than just lower state taxes. If basic services are cut, Utah will not be attractive to business. Utah will not be a place where businesses or people can grow or prosper. FACT Initiative B goes too far! No other state has approved such massive tax cuts. Even California refused to approve an income tax reduction. Now you are being asked to pass Initiative B, which goes far beyond the one rejected by California It reduces cigarette, gasoline, sales, and income taxes. The total impact is over $141,000,000. A tax cut of this size requires budget cuts of 13 in state services. Initiative B goes too far! FACT Initiative B cuts taxes needed to pay for education, health, prisons, and roads! Our taxes provide the funding for education, roads, health care, prisons, and other vital services. If Initiative B passes, funding for these essential services will be cut! FACT Supporters are not responsible to you! Tax protestors refuse to admit that cuts will hurt Utahns. They refuse to answer how services will be maintained: Exactly what programs will be cut? MTiat services will be lost? How can over $330,000, 000 be cut in Initiatives A, B,andC without hurting children, elderly and families? Unlike officials you elect, the supporters of Initiative B do not answer to you. FACT People who understand the consequences oppose the initiatives! Every responsible business, community, education, civic, and political leader who understands the consequences is publicly against Initiatives A and B. These are leaders who have to answer your questions about what tax cuts will do to you. They know these tax cuts will cripple Utah for years! These facts are not scare tactics. They are just plain scary. INITIATIVE A AND B GO TOO FAR. KNOW THE FACTS! UNDERSTAND THE CONSEQUENCES! Vote AGAINST Initiative B! Scott M. Matheson Taxpayers for Utah 1030 South 300 West Salt Lake City, Utah |