On the MO election… at Moogaman.com

So, I was browsing the Secretary of State’s website, reading the ballot initiatives and I am totally all for the passage of Constitutional Amendment No. 3. Remember, I don’t vote because I don’t believe in propping up a failing system. It’s my own right and I choose to employ it. I view voting as a privilege as you can actually have your ability to vote taken away. If you can have something taken away from you, then the expression, “It’s a privilege, not a right” applies to voting as well. Anyway.

So, I read the actual ballot issue on the tobacco tax and I don’t understand why you wouldn’t vote for it. Read this excerpt from the amendment:

4. Beginning January 1, 2007, the state treasurer without legislative action shall credit to and place in the Healthy Future Trust Fund all moneys collected as a result of the tax imposed by this section as said moneys are received. All of the moneys from the tax imposed by this section shall be kept separate from the general revenue fund as well as any other funds or accounts in the state treasury and shall be credited to and placed only in the Healthy Future Trust Fund and the accounts created within the Healthy Future Trust Fund. Any moneys credited to and placed in the Healthy Future Trust Fund and any account created by this section shall be appropriated and used only for a purpose or an initiative which is authorized by this section and shall not be subject to the provisions of section 33.080, RSMo. The unexpended balances of such moneys shall remain in the Healthy Future Trust Fund and in the particular account in which the moneys are placed, and such balances shall not revert to the general revenue fund. All interest which accrues upon the moneys in any account within the Healthy Future Trust Fund shall be added to such account and shall not be credited to the general revenue fund. Except as otherwise provided in this section, generally applicable laws concerning use of public funds shall apply to the Healthy Future Trust Fund.

The money from this tax can NOT be used towards the general revenue fund. And for you out there that say the collecting the tax will cost more than the actual tax will bring in:

5. (1) The actual costs of collecting the tax imposed by this section shall be paid from the moneys in the Healthy Future Trust Fund as may be provided by law, not to exceed two percent of the total moneys collected.

So, I don’t really care how you vote, but I would really like to know your reasons for not voting for this tax. I’m really of the opinion that whether you vote or not, you should be educated about who or what is taking control of your state… or country.

Though, really Lexy’s the only one who reads this because all my other friends either don’t care or just glance over their LJ Friends page. Oh well, someone’s better than no one.