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Ms. Naughton: It's really as simple as this: We do not trust RI's politicians with money. You have given us ample reason for such cynicism. Rhode Islanders already pay some of the most confiscatory taxes in the country in exchange for some of the most deplorable public services. The problem is not the AMOUNT of money you receive from us, but rather the EFFICIENT USE of that money by a One-Party System. In 1947, the state implemented a 1% income tax that was to be a panacea for funding public education. Nearly 70 years later, our schools are falling apart, our children are failing, and that tax rate has increased by 600%! The RI GA abdicated any semblance of fiscal responsibility decades ago. The rationalization you espouse for your vote on tolls, while not surprising, further exemplifies the fiscal recklessness that you so embrace.