Thursday, 5 October 2006
Give It Back
« Louisville Police Chief Should Resign | Main | Fletcher is Unelectable »Lexington's fiscal year ended last June and it appears they had a surplus of around $17.8 million dollars. Mayor Isaac wants to spend $7.3 million for water drainage projects and pay equality for city employees. The article drones on about how the mayor and council want to spend the surplus.
Here is a novel idea they may want to try. Why not give it back to the taxpayers? I know this is crazy, but if you have extra money that means you took too much in the first place. Why not give it back? Just for once I would love to hear a politicians say "Well, we have a surplus and I am going to give it back to the taxpayers who we over taxed."
But that isn't going to happen. Instead they act like kids in a candy store. They can't spend it fast enough.
