Voter measures are a shitty way to run a government. Direct democracies in a society tainted by corporations and mass media are useless.
The quickest way for a group of greedy, gouging shitheads to get a unwarranted break is to put up a rule to "help someone". Here in Oregon, the rule is roughly titled "no sales tax on groceries".
Sounds good, doesn't it. Hell, at first, I think that I was even going "hell yes".
But then I started thinking about it. First, the measure (Measure 103) is written as a wide-open invitation to abuse. What constitutes a "grocery"? I have no problem with flour, raw rice and beans, meat, stuff that is there to be cooked. But the way that this thing reads to me, I think that folks will be getting a break on their monster drinks and cheetos. From what I can see, restaurants will get a break on their bottom line, because their groceries will be free of those pesky taxes. You can also be certain that the "grocery" industry will be trotting out a lot more "prepared foods" under the rubric of "groceries" to get around the taxes. They won't lower the prices, they will just pocket the difference.
The one problem with do-gooding is that the do-gooders don't see the people that they are helping as a part of society. I think that they see them as pets and/or children. They must have everything provided and made easy. That makes them feel good about themselves.
And that sells baby, that sells
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