North Dakota
Letter: Legislators are once again putting lipstick on the pig
To the editor,
After watching the smoke and mirrors dog and pony show in Bismarck it is obvious that the Legislature has no intention of reforming the unfair property tax.
No mention was made concerning the unfairness of this tax that severely burdens poor taxpayers, while letting many rich taxpayers off the hook with little to no taxes. Nothing was said about the state totally funding K-12 education, which is mandated by the North Dakota Constitution. If education isn’t funded by the Legislature, all the legislators need to be charged with violating their oath of office and be fined, fired and imprisoned.
Instead, all that is being proposed is to put makeup and lipstick on the pig and tell us they are working on it.
Will they be able to fool the people once again or will the people see that they are once again just putting lipstick on the pig? Time will tell.
Steve Moen
Minot, North Dakota