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  • Compulsory philanthropy stunts true charity

    10/19/2003 9:44:28 PM PDT · by coloradan · 8 replies · 223+ views
    Boulder Daily Camera ^ | October 19, 2003 | Brian T. Schwartz
    How could anyone possibly vote against Referendum 1A, the "Worthy Cause Tax"? Referendum 1A would extend an existing 0.05-percent sales tax for Boulder County nonprofit human service agencies, and these charities' undoubtedly promote worthy causes? But if you are tolerant of other people's values and causes they want to support, a "no" vote is the only option. This referendum is not about whether you, a single voter, want to give "a penny for a worthy cause." It's about whether you want to force, through power of law, your neighbors to support a particular set of charities instead of their own...