Support4Change Blog

March 14, 2008

Categories: Q-and-A Club: Exploring Social and Political Issues

By Arlene Harder, MFT

TAX-AND-SPEND GAME CATEGORY EIGHT

• To understand what this topic is all about, read:

How Will the Election Change Our Taxes?

Rules of the Tax-and-Spend Game

• You can see the same questions I raise today if you go to Funding Housing and Community Development in the Q-and-A Club section of the Support4Change website. There you will also be able to access all eleven categories of the game that I post on this blog every-other-day.

• Play the Tax-and-Spend Game and enter a drawing. See form below.

• Share the Tax-and-Spend Game with your family and friends so they can better decide what programs they want the government to fund and what programs they are willing to do without if they don’t want to their taxes raised.

How do you want your taxes to be spent in order to create housing and community development?

What is more essential than having a roof over one’s head and more satisfying than living in a community in which you feel a part?

While the questions in this Tax-and-Spend category are related to those in the Economic Stability and Job Growth category, they focus specifically on housing and the development of strong communities.

What has been your experience in this area? How much do you want government to support these services, or do you think the private sector can do it without government help beyond legislation that encourages such action?

If you are aware of other programs funded by local, state, and/or national taxes that help develop housing and that promote community development that are not included in this list, please let me know. Use the Contact Us form.

• Home ownership mortgage tax deduction
  

• Rental assistance
  
  
• Affordable housing programs
  
  
• Fair access to housing and related services
  
  
• Shelter for the homeless
  
  
• Public housing
  
  
• Fostering a sense of community through events that bring a community together, such as parades and county fairs, founder’s day, civic events
  
  
• Beautification programs in cities and towns, including removal of graffiti, planting trees, etc.
  

Enter a drawing for “Ask Yourself Questions and Change Your Life” after you have finished this category of the Tax-and-Spend Game

Each week I will give away my latest book, Ask Yourself Questions and Change Your Life. All you have to do is to complete one of the eleven Tax-and-Spend Game categories and fill out this form.

NOTE #1: All fields are required.

NOTE #2: I will not share your name with anyone and I won’t put you on my newsletter list unless you subscribe yourself on the subscription form on Support4Change Newsletter or on the blog’s Welcome page. This is just information I need for this one drawing, but if you don’t give me your correct email address I won’t be able to contact you if you win.

NOTE #3: You can enter as often as you like, but each entry must be for a different Tax-and-Spend Game category

Name:

Email Address:

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Name of the tax-and-spend category to which your answer below applies

Education National Security Protection Against Crime Protection Against Injury Physical and Mental Health Infrastructure Economic Stability and Job Growth Housing and Community Development Environmental Protection Cultural and Artistic Enrichment Foreign Aid

What government services and programs you now use are you willing to give up in order to help balance the budget? Why?

May I share your answer on the Support4Change blog or website? I will not give your name or email address.

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Hope you enjoy the Tax-and-Spend Game and learn something in the process. I’d love to hear what you think about it. Add a comment to this page or use the Contact Us form on Support4Change to send me your comments or ask a question.