Today 4/6/13 in the Record(the local paper for Bergen County,New Jersey) I got letter to the editor published.It was in response to one there editorials not supporting legislation that make school district and counties pay up when taxpayers win appeals.But letter went beyond best described with headline for letter done by the newspaper"Many problems caused by big government."
This is what was published,"What's wrong with school districts and counties sharing the cost of tax-appeals refunds? Nothing,except that it doesn't address the real problem in New Jersey,which is too much government.
It is long overdue for us to look at just how government provides its goods and services.far too often,government seems like a jobs program for lawyers.We must reinvent how government works and get rid of the myth that government can solve all problems.
I notice that your editorial on the topic used the words "burden sharing".Tax refunds are a burden for whom? It is the taxes that are burden on people.Governments can handle financial hardship far easier than individuals.
One objection you give to the pending legislation is that municipalities can have reserve funds and school district can't.Well change the law so school district can have reserve funds.
State Sen.Loretta Weinberg D-Teaneck is one of those who doesn't get the notion that problems we have are not because government taxes too little,but because the government is too big and spends too much."
Gary Schwartz
Fort Lee
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