February 10, 2015
Karen Woodall
Florida Center for Fiscal & Economic Policy
579 East Call Street
Tallahassee, FL32301

RE: “Life isn’t fair” – Some comments on your unlinkable OP-ED in today’s Sun Sentinel on why raising taxes is the only “fair” thing to do.

Ms Woodall,

I am trying to be “fair” here. It is very tempting to say, based on what you wrote, that you are dumb. In a burst of post-racial “fairness” and because the “earth has cooled and the oceans are calmed” I am just going to say that there is so, so much that you don’t know. “Fairness” to the overworked and underpaid staff at the local emergency room – particularly all the female members who earn 78% of what their male counterparts do and won’t they be pissed off if and when they ever find out – requires me to remind you that you shouldn’t handle sharp instruments and you shouldn’t operate heavy equipment.

You say “…Florida relies heavily on sales and excise taxes. These taxes are considered the most regressive because they do not take income levels into account.”

Wouldn’t it be “fair” to stop charging poor people for stamps, newspapers, and cable [basic]? How about free movies? Wouldn’t it be “fair” to waive all taxes on alcohol and tobacco?

I am sure rich people, particularly modern American Liberals, would be more than willing in the name of “fairness” to pay a wee bit more.

You cite a study from the Florida Center for Fiscal & Economic Policy, an institution that fits neatly into the ever expanding moon bat, wing nut, couldn’t hit the floor if you fell out of bed niche. I am sure the Voice of the Turtle will be heard in HQ when this year’s Summer of Revival is announced.

The policy says “…research literature suggests that tax policy may not be a cost-effective means of creating jobs…”

Herewith a modest proposal to prove that.

#1 – Get some candidates who believe that to run for office.
#2 – Win a few elections.
#3 – Take over state government.
#4 – Flip a coin to see whether California or New York becomes the paradigmatic
template to base your test. Why not take the best of both?



Do you remember in February, 2009 when President Obama told about 100 Republican members of Congress “There was an election last year. I won.”

I do.

Your path is simple and well-marked.

You go, girl!





Kevin Smith


PS – You say that Florida is “49th in state and local spending for education”. No political entity in the known universe spends more per pupil than Washington, DC. Why then does the president spend $125,000 to send his 2 kids to day school? Shouldn’t “fairness” have dictated that they go to any of the really great DC public schools? Don’t you think it would be “fair” if every elected official was mandated to send their children to public schools. One last thing. In your mission statement you mention “quality of life outcomes”. What in the name of the tooth fairy, the patron saint of modern American Liberalism, is “quality of life outcomes”?