Taxpayers'
Watchdog Committee
998 N. 900 W.
812.866.4900 fcoates@floydcoates.com 812.866.5700 fax
Thursday, February 11, 1999
Subject: Taxes and Taxes
Dear Editor,
With the surpluses of total revenue to both state
and local governments, now in excess of governments' current expenditures, it is
an excellent time for debt reduction.
Developing more schemes to plunder the taxpayer is not necessary.
The continuation of compulsory taxpayer funding for
the National Endowment of the Arts makes little sense at this time. In today's
economy, if the art is not beautiful enough for people to spend their own money
to see it, the low-quality artist might need to seek a different
profession.
On the state level, the Democrat-controlled House
seems to favor increased spending over tax reductions. We taxpayers wouldn't need so much help from
government if we didn't have to send government so much of our hard-earned
money to fund the excessively high tax bill government creates while it
supposedly helps us.
Interestingly, I have seldom met anybody who feels
government knows how to spend his money better than he does himself. Now would be a great time for property tax
reduction.
Yours truly,
Floyd Coates, Chairman