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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?

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To: TideGlider who wrote (76466)	12/20/2009 8:13:32 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	3 Recommendations of 224724

This was an open letter to the state legislators and Governor from a small business owner. Just picture this happening all across the country as local governments continue to raise taxes rather than balance their budgets with spending cuts. I own a small restaurant in Pierce County and employ 20 people. I just received my new tax notice from Employment Security and was stunned to find out my taxes are increasing - not 2 or 3 or even 10 percent - but a monumental 100 percent! Some owners have found their taxes tripling in the worst economy in their lifetimes while many state employees are getting raises. The taxes I have already paid the last four years are 27 times the benefits paid out, yet my taxes are going to double. I can promise the Legislature one thing: Come Jan. 1, 5 more people are going to find themselves out of work as a direct result of this tax increase because I can't pass these increases on to my customers. I have talked with many other small business owners I know and most of them are doing the same thing, cutting jobs to meet the increased taxes. STEVE FABRE

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