Reply #8: yes I have

[guitar man]

I wrote a letter to my state rep about reducing taxes and I'll tell you why.

I have watched over the years here in Oklahoma as we have "privatized" many functions that used to be handled by the state and local govts. The rationale behind this has always been that "the private sector can do it better and we can lower taxes"

Well, right a cross the street from wehre I work there is a firm that has benefited from this "privatization" and is now employing people in jobs that were formerly state jobs with state pay and benefits in so called "private sector" jobs, doing the same thing for a fraction of the pay and benefits.

Looking at their parking lot, it's divided into two sections, where the employees park outside the fence, and where the owner and execs park, inside the fence. In the employee lot, the newest car I see is a '98, most are between '93-95 or so and most of them look pretty worn out. The obviously represent the best that the employees can afford.

In the lot inside the fence, I see the owner's car, a new Ford GT-40, I think those run somewhere between $275-$300k, a brand new Jag and a sparkling new Mercedes. Not hard to see where the employee's pay reduction wound up....:grr:

So hell yeah, I fired off a letter to my rep asking where the hell our tax reduction was, since I hadn't seen a dime of it, that I thought all this "privatization" was a bad idea to begin with, but since they went through with it, they should make good on it.

Of course, I never heard a word back....:eyes: