[nfbwatlk] FW: Eyman's ReallyBadIdea

Fri Aug 21 22:47:54 UTC 2009

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From: Aaron Ostrom, Fuse Washington [mailto:info at fusewashington.org] 
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 4:23 PM
To: LAWNMOWER84 at HOTMAIL.COM
Subject: Eyman's ReallyBadIdea

Get the Facts on Eyman's newest bad idea: I-1033

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There are bad ideas and there are ReallyBadIdeasTM.   Bad ideas are unwise
and harmful.  ReallyBadIdeas1  are broadly and comprehensively destructive. 

We want to give you an important heads up about Tim Eyman's latest
ReallyBadIdea  -- Initiative 1033. I-1033 will be on your the November
ballot, and would make the state's current budget crisis a permanent
fixture, forcing much deeper cuts in education and children's health care
programs and locking them in for years.2

Initiative 1033 is based on a similar measure that passed years ago in
Colorado called "TABOR." It led to deep cuts to public schools, roads and
highways and children's health care. In fact, it did so much damage to
Colorado's economy that in 2005, Coloradans voted to suspend the law.

The ReallyGoodNews is that even though I-1033 sounds alright on the surface,
most people are inclined to vote against it once they learn a little bit
about what it will really do.3  And that makes you a VeryImportantPerson in
the fight to beat I-1033.

You can help us inoculate Washington against Eyman's TABOR Plan and prevent
a disaster for education, healthcare, and other vital services by making
sure five of your friends have the basic facts about I-1033. We have to
start now to win in November. Please click on the link below to get the
facts on I-1033 and forward them to five of your friends.
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http://www.fusewashington.org/page/s/1033pledge 

Already this year we've slashed school funding by $1.5 billion and as many
as 3,000 teachers and education employees are facing layoffs.  The Eyman
TABOR plan will take even more resources away from Washington's classrooms -
and Washington's kids.

Despite a growing senior population, funding for nursing homes, in-home care
and adult day health services are being cut and 40,000 Washington residents
of all ages may lose their Basic Health Plan coverage. Eyman's TABOR plan
will make our health care crisis more severe. 

The national recession has already cost our state thousands of jobs and
forced billions in cutbacks to important local services, like education and
health care. I-1033's flawed formula will force deeper cuts and lock them in
for years.

Although I-1033 sounds helpful on the surface, we know that as soon as we
tell people what I-1033 will really do, they'll vote NO. And that's where we
need your help.

Plan to vote no on I-1033 and educate your friends so they do the same:

http://www.fusewashington.org/page/s/1033pledge
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Times are tough, but let's not make them worse. Help educate your friends,
family and colleagues about this ReallyBadIdea.

Thanks for all you do,
Aaron Ostrom

1 Here are some other examples of bad ideas :)
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,509673,00.html
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2 The State Office of Financial Management has estimated that Eyman's TABOR
plan will cost the State $6 billion by 2015, and will cost local governments
another $2.8 billion in the same time frame. 

3 Statewide survey of 600 voters, Kiley and Co., July 2009 

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