Think about real agenda
before voting on TABOR

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On Nov. 7, voters will be asked on Question One to support or reject the falsely named Taxpayer Bill of Rights, known as TABOR. TABOR is a fraud in more than just the financial sense.

TABOR is the product of a handful of very wealthy individuals with the lead being taken by New York City multimillionaire Howie Rich. Mary Adams may be the Maine face of it, but in seven other states the same initiative is being sponsored by the crowd from New York city.

Before anything else, TABOR is an attack on democracy; a wolf in sheep's clothing. It creates a system where one-third of the voters can block the will of the remaining two-thirds. The people pushing this initiative are the ones who think the common folks cannot be trusted.

With their veto power in hand, one-third of the people can block all meaningful tax reform for years to come, and maybe that's just what they have in mind.

Before you make up your mind on this question, please think carefully about just who wants this to pass and what their real agenda is. A "yes" vote on Question One is a vote against democracy.

If it were up to me, I would rename this attack on democracy a Taxpayer Bill of Wrongs.

Stephen R. Aucoin

Waterville