State Treasurer:Prop 123 a Con Job, If it Fails, will finally pay the correct settlement in Cave Creek v. DeWitt

[KurtAZ]

I don't mind them using the interest money off the Trust fund though to help fund our education system. Dipping into the principle of the fund would be a no go. Any way you look at it...if people are going to judge the educational preparedness of a state by how much it spends per pupil...we are going to have to raise taxes in order to pay for it. Teachers should be paid better, schools should have the tools they need to prepare kids to compete in the future and we NEED to keep funding the Arts.

So arguably...and I am only taking Maricopa county into account here as the largest county in AZ...the desire it to increase annual spend in AZ by $350M with this bill. FY 2015, Maricopa County brought in $4B in property taxes. If Maricopa county increased the property taxes by 10% of tax (not 10% of property value...10% of taxes), the County alone would pull in $400M and I end up paying an additional say $20 more per month for property taxes. That, in addition to the $5.3B it already spends on Schools...would that be enough? How many would support that? Problem with that is you are tying school funding to property values of the County and inflation, not the amount of students that are actually attending.

[Finger Laker]

The people chose to designate tax dollars to education. The state chose to tell the people to get bent. Now they continue with this half baked scheme while taking another slash to education in the proposed budget

[BeanSi]

Originally Posted by stevek64

I'm all for Steve prop 12345.....funding for the Steve's in AZ so they can create a better future for everyone. Wrap it in pretty paper, market it, and let's sell it to the herd for the future of Steve's for the ultimate benefit of AZ of course and nothing beyond. We can also create various other props and do the same thing for different names, subgroups, etc. Think of the possibilities!

Sometimes you have to wade through the Alan's to get to the Steve's.






https://youtu.be/B9Hc204XVNA

[JGMotorsport64]

Treasurer: Ducey aides threatened retribution. Governor's chief: 'We do not bully people like that'

Saga intensifies

When DeWit resisted, according to notes filed by Deputy Treasurer Sean Dollman, Ducey’s chief of staff, Kirk Adams, told the treasurer what would happen if he opposed the plan: He would be attacked by “dark money,” the anonymous donations that have increasingly influenced politics in Arizona and nationally.

Surely our best interests are at heart...

[Finger Laker]

Shock!