The former football coach who now sits in the Oklahoma Senate now wants to end an arrangement that his legislature has seldom ever exercised. He wants to raise our taxes without asking our permission. He posts rarely on social media, but he took the time and effort this past week to make his point. In common theme with so many progressive arguments, he compares Oklahoma to the other states and declares us yet again to be 49th, in his way of thinking. He also borrows from his football vernacular to say; "Today was a first experience. Much of my professional life has been very public and illuminated by a scoreboard. But, today was the first time to be part of a team that out scored the competition 37-5, and 71-28, and lost." I still remember 1992. And Coach Rader was a good coach back then. But I remember the horrible abuse of power that Speaker Steve Lewis House chamber was orchestrating when they passed the HB1017 massive taxes and education spending. That bill was promised to end once & for all, our lack of educational resources. The people revolted and circulated a petition to place a constitutional amendment before the voters. It simply says; |
"The people of Oklahoma no longer trust the legislature to constrain themselves, and we therefor will decide how much is enough taxes."
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Sooner Politics
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