Implementing Proposition 140

Along with probably the majority of the voters I must take issue with your editorial (June 14) on Proposition 140, “Slicing at the Heart, Not the Fat.”

You defined the heart but not the fat. If we are a government of, by and for the people, the people have spoken on Proposition 140. No voter likes to put anybody out of work, and I think the majority feels compassion for those who may now be forced to look for other gainful employment instead of performing staff work for our politicians.

We made government “complicated” and we suffered as a result, paying excessive taxes. To undo that mistake we have to undo the alleged complexity.

To run a normal household is relatively simple until we start to complicate it by disregarding the natural law of supply and demand. In any family you may desire all kinds of things but if the money is insufficient you tone down the desire.

The average household must learn the capacity to say “no” in order to survive and stay out of debt.

To ask a politician to say “no” has fallen on deaf ears, so the people had no choice but to force the politician to listen and obey. After all, the people are supposed to be the master and not the servant.

If, in retrospect, it turns out that the voters made a mistake, the voters have enough brains to correct it. My feeling is that we did the right thing.

At least it was worth trying.

JOHN A. VAN HUIZUM

Acton