Less Government Needs To Be The Key To 2010 Election
By: Doug Busselman
The fundamental question that needs to be determined by voters in the 2010 election is whether they want their government (at all levels) to get larger and more intrusive, or be retracted into living within available resources and allowing citizens and their enterprises to operate freely.
Those who support more government (whether they are the elected or the ones who have been involved in getting larger government representatives into office) believe that they have a mandate from the 2008 election to expand government’s reach into our daily lives and increase spending and taxes to accomplish those ends. Those who wish to see a reversed course of government expansion and an increased emphasis on allowing the private sector to grow opportunity (as well as our overall economy in the process) need to make an all-out effort in the 2010 election to take back control – or accept even more burdensome oppression going forward.
The two sides of this polar opposite question do not see the same world the same way.
More government champions consider government the answer to nearly every question or issue. They made speeches in the 2009 Nevada Legislature or testified before committees, promoting their mantra of more. To them the resources earned by the private sector, individuals or business enterprises, is an obligation that is owed to government. They showed in their performances that they have little tolerance for those not willing or interested in turning it over.
It’s telling that those who believe in more government consider bigger budgets to spend as an essential part of doing their work better. It’s striking to see this misguided idea about innovation attributed to those in charge of our state’s education system – they can’t be innovative because they don’t have the extra money to do so?
It’s shortfalls in desired resources which motivated, committed people to find new ways of doing what needs to be done…making up for lacking financial means with creative and inspired alternatives to the current approach – that’s what “innovation” is all about!
If you accept the belief or perhaps even embrace the belief that more government is the solution, congratulations…your side is currently sitting in the driver seat of where our government (at all levels) is going.
If you don’t agree with the perspective that more government is the correct direction, “we” need to be working our tails off between now and November 2010 to make a difference in who gets elected.
The fundamental question that needs to be determined by voters in the 2010 election is whether they want their government (at all levels) to get larger and more intrusive, or be retracted into living within available resources and allowing citizens and their enterprises to operate freely.
Those who support more government (whether they are the elected or the ones who have been involved in getting larger government representatives into office) believe that they have a mandate from the 2008 election to expand government’s reach into our daily lives and increase spending and taxes to accomplish those ends. Those who wish to see a reversed course of government expansion and an increased emphasis on allowing the private sector to grow opportunity (as well as our overall economy in the process) need to make an all-out effort in the 2010 election to take back control – or accept even more burdensome oppression going forward.
The two sides of this polar opposite question do not see the same world the same way.
More government champions consider government the answer to nearly every question or issue. They made speeches in the 2009 Nevada Legislature or testified before committees, promoting their mantra of more. To them the resources earned by the private sector, individuals or business enterprises, is an obligation that is owed to government. They showed in their performances that they have little tolerance for those not willing or interested in turning it over.
It’s telling that those who believe in more government consider bigger budgets to spend as an essential part of doing their work better. It’s striking to see this misguided idea about innovation attributed to those in charge of our state’s education system – they can’t be innovative because they don’t have the extra money to do so?
It’s shortfalls in desired resources which motivated, committed people to find new ways of doing what needs to be done…making up for lacking financial means with creative and inspired alternatives to the current approach – that’s what “innovation” is all about!
If you accept the belief or perhaps even embrace the belief that more government is the solution, congratulations…your side is currently sitting in the driver seat of where our government (at all levels) is going.
If you don’t agree with the perspective that more government is the correct direction, “we” need to be working our tails off between now and November 2010 to make a difference in who gets elected.
Posted by Doug Busselman at 6/23/2009 5:53 AM 
Categories: 2010 Elections
Tags: Mad As Hell Nevada 2010 Election
Categories: 2010 Elections
Tags: Mad As Hell Nevada 2010 Election
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