Vote question advice: "Shall XX be retained in office?"

[Jack Ryan]

To address the first part. If the state can not borrow money, and there is not cap on property tax rates, what do you think will happen? Spend less or tax more? What has history shown will happen?

Just look at Indiana history to find out.

Price of product is determined by supply as well as demand. To think that the cost of business has no impact on the price of the final product is beyond the pale. Tax is a cost. As long as a business continues to be in business (making an acceptable profit) the consumer will continue to pay the tax.

If the cost of the product is more than they will pay, then they won't pay it. They don't care what the reason for that cost is be it profit, tax, or labor.

I don't know what the Afghan War has to do with Indiana property tax.

It's a mind set. War is to republicans what social programs are to democrats. The proverbial "What ever it takes!" declaration of president after president. If it's their pet programs or their campaign contributors then when it comes to spending tax payers money the rally cry is "What ever it takes!"