Good ole Pinetop-Lakeside. The most unrepresented community in the nation.
On the Navajo County Board of Supervisors, we are now “represented” by someone from the Apache Reservation where they pay no taxes. In the State Legislature, we are “represented” by two Navajos from up north. They don’t pay any taxes either. In the State Senate, we are represented by another Navajo, a former lobbyist for the Navajo Tribe. None of these are taxed, yet they have a say in the spending of our tax money.
This is the reverse of taxation without representation, which put us at war with England. It is representation without taxation. How bizarre can you get?
To top it off, a “non-partisan” committee re-districted us in such a way as to allow the Rep we kicked out of office two years ago, Ann Kirkpatrick (D), back into the House of Representatives in Washington. You see, the snakelike district boundaries are drawn in such a way that she was able to get back into office by campaigning as a “friend of the Indians”.
Top that.
That's a brilliant turn of phrase and a rallying cry, which is now my tagline. Thanks Migraine.
These freeloaders are bleeding us dry. If you don't pay income tax, you don't have the right to vote for politicians that spend taxpayers' money.