Anti Prop 1 Web Ad - Costs Too Much, Does Too Little

KilltheRatTax
9/1/07


Puget Sound taxpayers against RTID Proposition 1 - The "Roads and Transit" Package (RAT)

It's $157 billion con game that we can't afford to lose!

THE TRUTH ABOUT THE RAT PACKAGE

Costs too much -- Does Too Little

* $157 billion – biggest local tax increase in history (US, not just Puget Sound)

* $2000 year per household

* Doubles the local sales tax & doubles or triples car tabs

* Not a balanced package – 90% light rail and only10% roads

* Does little to repair infrastructure or make roads and bridges safer

* Average of $30 taxpayer subsidy per trip

* Congestion will STILL increase -- studies show it will DOUBLE

* Doesn’t take cars off streets --- steals riders from buses

* Deceptive numbers from ST/RTID – doesn’t reveal long-term costs of operation, maintenance, cost of money, etc


Dear Fellow Taxpayer:

HELP KILL THE RAT TAX!!!

It’s the largest local tax ever in the history of the U.S., and we can stop it if we work together.

We’re talking about the “Roads and Transit” (RAT) package (Proposition 1) on the November ballot.

You’re being asked to give Sound Transit and the RTID the power to impose a never-ending sales and car –tab tax to pay for light rail.

So far, we’ve been able to price it out at $157 billion (yes, BILLION). That’s $2000 per year per household.

IT'S NOT A SMART SOLUTION & IGNORES MANY BETTER ALTERNATIVES.

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WE NEED YOUR HELP TO DEFEAT THIS TAX

We're up against a multi-million dollar advertising campaign that uses YOUR tax dollars to hype this proposition.