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> Reform pension and health benefits received by government workers
Already covered, eliminate the pension and health benefits. Workers can save on their own and buy the benefits they want on their own.
>Encourage shared services and consolidation among towns and school districts
Change the state Constitution to put the gubamint out of the education business. I wrote a 40 year transition plan that would do it in baby steps to minimize the human impact. It took decades to get into this mess; it’ll take decades to emerge out of it. BUT, let’s change the paradigm!
>through a $250 million fund created with new sales tax revenue.
More money down the rat hole.
>Reduce debt to free up funds to use for property tax relief.
Cut State, County, and Municipal government 10%. The guv did on Wall Street. It was a common exercise. Zero base budgeting. Exercises in spending reduction. Let’s put gubamint on a diet.
>by selling, leasing and naming state assets.
Oh I see, we paid for these assets. So sell and lease back so we can pay for them again! Dumb.
# a local sales tax.
NO NEW TAXES! NO TAX INCREASES! Period, exclamation point, Carved in stone.
# Create a state comptroller to audit all departments, agencies and programs.
Another gubamint bureaucrat! Nope. Let have external private auditors who get paid based on the fraud, mismanagement, waste, or stupidity they can find an eliminate. Let them “bid in” for the right to look and we get our money up front!
# Move school budget votes to November.
Why bother … … unless defeating a school budget means something!
# Cap property tax increases at 4 percent.
Wrong. This guarantees that taxes will increase at 4%! I’d suggest that property tax decrease of 4% of year instead!
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