Tax foes go too far

We should have a new program that allows individuals to not pay any taxes at any level. I think it would be great. However, the people who take up this offer must also agree not to use any government services at all. No driving on public roads, no police service, no firefighters, no Social Security and no unemployment insurance.

These people would also not be able to work, since you must pay taxes if you work, and also could not shop locally since you must pay sales taxes. Anyone willing to take the challenge? If you choose to do this, don’t try to reverse your decision. You can’t talk to anyone in government since you choose not to pay for it.

Of course this is something that would never happen, but how close to this do anti-tax people want to go? When will Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers wake up to the fact that sometimes we need to have higher taxes to pay for the services we need and want. Why do we have a representative that takes a pledge to never raise taxes when it is clear that the pledge prevents her from truly representing us?

Dan Pederson

Spokane