L.C. 9.9 - Lincoln Budget Fiscal 2021

[KaiserDave]

In accordance with my pledge I will vote against any budget that imposes a new sales tax or that cuts spending to vital services. Given that there are no sales tax or cuts, I tentatively find the current draft agreeable. Although I have plans for new spending after the budget.

[KaiserDave]

Fellow Councillors, with all due respect this budget is a financial bomb ready to blow. The tax system is unwieldy, chaotic, and frankly the taxes are too high. The taxes are high and we're still running a deficit. While I support funding our hospitals during a pandemic and keeping rural hospitals, hundreds of billions of dollars is a ridiculous waste of taxpayer funds that is vulnerable to avarice and corruption. The hospital grant bill was an overcomplicated bill that was poorly understood and is now threatening our fiscal solvency.

I propose readjusting the tax brackets to create more tiers for the wealthy, and reallocating this grant money towards tax relief for the poor who are dealing with an unfairly high rate of tax, and towards paying down this deficit.

[KaiserDave]

We don't even have scores for the original numbers, but I won't sign that.

[KaiserDave]

We don't even have scores for the original numbers.

[KaiserDave]

I urge the Council to send me this budget as soon as possible.

[KaiserDave]

No

[KaiserDave]

And we have a budget!