{"id":2688,"date":"2013-11-05T20:08:09","date_gmt":"2013-11-05T20:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/?p=2688"},"modified":"2023-07-13T16:50:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T16:50:37","slug":"proposition-u-the-sin-tax-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/local\/proposition-u-the-sin-tax-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"Proposition U (the &#8220;Sin Tax&#8221; Legislation)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mrericsir\/10693142853\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5502\/10693142853_737f3b3a91.jpg\" alt=\"image\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s voting day, and this flyer appeared on various utility poles near 16th and Mission this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The text reads:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Proposition U (the \u201cSin Tax\u201d Legislation)<\/strong><br>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<br><strong>Argument In Favor of Proposition U:<\/strong><br><br>No pleasure without pain.<br><br><strong>Rebuttal to Argument in Favor of Proposition U:<\/strong><br><br>Beware the wiles of mustachioed ladies. Are we really okay with a one-eyed King? Say wolverines, or badgers, scratch through the low window, behind the Hydrangeas. Or a possum. Or an opossum? Either way \u2014 they\u2019re still inside the house.<br><br><strong>Argument Opposed to Proposition U:<\/strong><br><br>If dolphins were larger, would they have old tires stuck around their heads, instead of old six-pack rings? Tracking polls indicate near universal acceptance of [argument]. We need to get back to defiling the native architecture.<br><br><strong>Rebuttal to Argument Opposed to Proposition U:<\/strong><br><br>There sits one day in a place far away a little girl and her doll. And her doll could be at risk and her risk could be very real even if the doll\u2019s imaginary friend ran for office.<br><br><strong>Paid Argument In Favor of Proposition U:<\/strong><br><br>It\u2019s like I said before. Your ship as come in, buddy! Stop fighting it.<br><br><strong>Paid Argument Opposed to Proposition U:<\/strong><br><br>A voter walks into a bar. He \u2014 and let\u2019s just say it\u2019s a he \u2014 sits down at a table. And let\u2019s just say a gal comes over and sits on his lap. It\u2019s a free country.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What do you think, readers? How are you going to vote on Proposition U?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s voting day, and this flyer appeared on various utility poles near 16th and Mission this morning. The text reads: Proposition U (the \u201cSin Tax\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","slim_seo":{"title":"Proposition U (the \"Sin Tax\" Legislation) - MrEricSir.com","description":"It's voting day, and this flyer appeared on various utility poles near 16th and Mission this morning. The text reads: Proposition U (the \u201cSin Tax\u201d Legislation)"},"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","autoblue_publish_document":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[35,38,23,948,947],"class_list":["post-2688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-16thmission","tag-photos","tag-san-francisco","tag-sintax","tag-voting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2688"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10103,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2688\/revisions\/10103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}