Comments on: Wasserman using tax money for campaign http://gop3.com/2008/07/14/wasserman-using-tax-money-for-campaign/ Fighting Like Warriors and Thinking Right. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:53:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Locke http://gop3.com/2008/07/14/wasserman-using-tax-money-for-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-273998 Locke Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:49:53 +0000 http://gop3.com/?p=1987#comment-273998 Mike - well since the checkoff is on income tax returns, it seems accurate and almost by definition the money is coming from taxpayers ;) But you are right, though it is factually correct, it doesn't fit what I'd say is the generally accepted meaning of what people think when they hear "taxpayer funded." Mike – well since the checkoff is on income tax returns, it seems accurate and almost by definition the money is coming from taxpayers ;)

But you are right, though it is factually correct, it doesn’t fit what I’d say is the generally accepted meaning of what people think when they hear “taxpayer funded.”

]]> By: Mike http://gop3.com/2008/07/14/wasserman-using-tax-money-for-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-268173 Mike Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:40:53 +0000 http://gop3.com/?p=1987#comment-268173 Justin, be careful in how you term the WECF. While Wasserman's use of the grant may be questionable, the money he received was not technically taxpayer money. The WECF is funded by a voluntary checkoff on our state income tax forms. The money does not come from regular tax collections and is voluntary. Again, it may be that Wasserman's use of the fund grants is not in keeping with the spirit of the law that created them, but it he is not fleecing the taxpayers on this. He is using a voluntary tax checkoff. Justin, be careful in how you term the WECF. While Wasserman’s use of the grant may be questionable, the money he received was not technically taxpayer money. The WECF is funded by a voluntary checkoff on our state income tax forms. The money does not come from regular tax collections and is voluntary.

Again, it may be that Wasserman’s use of the fund grants is not in keeping with the spirit of the law that created them, but it he is not fleecing the taxpayers on this. He is using a voluntary tax checkoff.

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