The Michigan Catholic Conference has listed 7 reasons to vote "NO" on Proposal 5.

Here are the ones that make the most sense to me:

* This guaranteed spending proposal immunizes public education interests from any standards and expectations of how public finances are being spent. Essentially, taxpayer dollars will disappear without a trace.

* The Board of State Canvassers estimated the cost of the proposal to be at least $565 million in the first year alone. The non-partisan House Fiscal Agency estimated the cost to be $1.1 billion. From where will such a large amount of money come? It is likely to be one of two sources: either a tax increase, or severe cuts to the social service programs upon which millions of residents depend.

 

* There is nothing in the proposal that addresses student achievement, improving academic standards, or education quality. Those who stand to benefit from this proposal are public education unions and some public school advocacy groups. In fact, the only monetary requirement written in the initiative is some $380 million for pension programs.

http://www.micatholicconference.org/pdf/focus/focus_200610-Proposal5.pdf 

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