Government-Mandated Pay, Zero-Growth, Economic Security - It's Richard Juday's Magic Show!

"Scientist" Richard Juday's 5-Year Plan would have made Komrade Stalin himself gush with pride. Ahhh, the days of the command economy, "From each according to his ability, to each..." - well, never mind. Let's just take a look at Juday's MENSA-approved, big-government ideas to run business better than the average-joe, 100-IQ, knuckle-dragging, mouth-breathing Longmonters.

From Juday's DELETED WEB PAGE (cached here), Dick says: "In a somewhat related matter, I would like to explore whether a city can legally require its companies to pay a higher salary than the federal minimum, so that BBS Inc. would know upon coming in that it will have to give its employees a real living wage. In that fashion, low-wage pay does not result in a lowered lifestyle and living standard when BBS Inc. arrives."

Think he'd stop there? What about mom-and-pop shops in Longmont? Should the vaunted "living wage" be avoided by the evil capitalists at Grandpa's Pawn? No, it's a human right!! Right, Dick?

Richard Juday's web site shows he's very open about his belief that any tax that residents DO pass is not to be used for the obvious stated purpose ("I do not think LAVA "owns" the tax money"), but is to be a slush fund for his left-wing friends on City Council.

That is a straw-man argument if I ever heard one; if the ARC organization proposes, pushes and passes a tax for a developmentally disabled home, it looks like Juday would then yank the rug out from under ARC!!! In a Daily Times-Call letter dated 1/15, Juday get called on this power grab: "Voters voted to increase taxes to fund Longmont Area Visitors Associations's tourism efforts (an issue I voted against), but the gang of four [with Juday in lock-step, no doubt - ed.]considers the money to be the council's slush fund. This bait-and-switch approach to taxation is not unique to our city council."