A Terrible Way To Run A Government

Imagine deciding today what you would include in your household budget ten years from now. 20 years from now. That's exactly what those behind the so-called Legacy Amendment ask you to do. The bill will increase the state sales tax by 3/8ths of a cent and dedicate the money to environmental projects. 20% of the money will go for supposed 'cultural heritage', unnamed, undescribed, unimagined arts projects paid for with your tax money. For the next 20 years. Whether we need them or not. At least those behind the environmental project have a committee in place to decide what activities should be supported. Those behind the arts projects have not formed advisory committees yet. If the constitutional amendment passes, it will be up to next year's legislators to decide. Imagine your worst arts project nightmare and think about including it in next year's state budget, and next year's and next year's and not allowing state legislators the discretion to raise, lower or delete it. The Amendment is a bad way to run a government.