Government/Labor Failed General Election
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PEAPAC Recommends: YES

Public employees are paid by non-voluntary taxes, so full accounting is required; increases accountability.

Summary

Requires total employer cost of public employees (including benefits) to be publicly disclosed.

Biblical Reasoning

Because these “public employees” are paid by your non-voluntary tax dollars, you should expect a fair accounting by the State of how much they earn. This Measure would makes sure that these earnings are fully disclosed to the taxpayers.

Romans 4:4 — “Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due.”

Election Results

42%
58%
YesNo

Voters rejected this requirement for expressing public employee earnings (58% No).

Full PEAPAC Analysis

While many state employees are performing tasks that should be left to the family, the church, or business, there are, of course, legitimate state functions to be performed by civil servants. Because these “public employees” are paid by your non-voluntary tax dollars, you should expect a fair accounting by the State of how much they earn.

This Measure would makes sure that these earnings are fully disclosed to the taxpayers. It would increase the responsibility of the administrative branch to the electorate, and we thus recommend a YES vote.

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