Who Should We Expect To Create Jobs?
By: Doug Busselman, Executive Vice President
With the present rate of unemployment we might start to wonder whether the idea that jobs come from government spending would be worth re-pondering. There’s been no shortage of the promotion (from federal government officials to state representatives) that record-busting spending was necessary to create jobs. As Nevadan’s we’re supposed to believe that government policies which are intended to drive traditional energy costs higher will make our employment condition improve through high-paying, union jobs engaged in saving the planet and our state coffers by production of politically correct green energy.
There are a number of business models which are based on capitalizing on government-funded work projects. A number of construction companies have established their place at the government’s pay-window constructing and repairing roads, bridges and other public works projects. Here in Washoe County we’re supposed to believe that paying automatically increasing gas taxes will be for the good of not only satisfying our transportation needs, but also the employment status of workers drawing paychecks rearranging orange construction cones and other activities related to the road projects we’re told that are necessary.
While there are likely necessary jobs which require government spending (and the taxes that make that spending possible), at what point do we end up trying to pay for draining the ocean with a leaky bucket? At what point does the quest to create work through government spending actually cause things to go very backwards by taxing beyond the means of the private sector to support government largess?
When Taxpayer Smith can no longer remain in business because of the expenses associated with paying taxes in order for government and Taxeater Jones to survive – everybody is worse off. Isn’t that where we are now?
During the last Nevada Legislative session the statements and actions of the leadership in charge of what happened, made it clear that in their opinion taking care of government and those who cash checks from government were more important than those in the private sector paying the taxes. That attitude can only be adjusted by sending clear messages through the ballot box and electing representatives who believe otherwise.
With the present rate of unemployment we might start to wonder whether the idea that jobs come from government spending would be worth re-pondering. There’s been no shortage of the promotion (from federal government officials to state representatives) that record-busting spending was necessary to create jobs. As Nevadan’s we’re supposed to believe that government policies which are intended to drive traditional energy costs higher will make our employment condition improve through high-paying, union jobs engaged in saving the planet and our state coffers by production of politically correct green energy.
There are a number of business models which are based on capitalizing on government-funded work projects. A number of construction companies have established their place at the government’s pay-window constructing and repairing roads, bridges and other public works projects. Here in Washoe County we’re supposed to believe that paying automatically increasing gas taxes will be for the good of not only satisfying our transportation needs, but also the employment status of workers drawing paychecks rearranging orange construction cones and other activities related to the road projects we’re told that are necessary.
While there are likely necessary jobs which require government spending (and the taxes that make that spending possible), at what point do we end up trying to pay for draining the ocean with a leaky bucket? At what point does the quest to create work through government spending actually cause things to go very backwards by taxing beyond the means of the private sector to support government largess?
When Taxpayer Smith can no longer remain in business because of the expenses associated with paying taxes in order for government and Taxeater Jones to survive – everybody is worse off. Isn’t that where we are now?
During the last Nevada Legislative session the statements and actions of the leadership in charge of what happened, made it clear that in their opinion taking care of government and those who cash checks from government were more important than those in the private sector paying the taxes. That attitude can only be adjusted by sending clear messages through the ballot box and electing representatives who believe otherwise.
Posted by Doug Busselman at 9/24/2009 8:17 AM 
Categories: Government
Tags: Unemployment Nevada Taxes State Budget
Categories: Government
Tags: Unemployment Nevada Taxes State Budget
HERE, HERE! Well said.
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If 90 to 95 percent of buisiness in the US are small businesses, then if each small businesses hired 1 person, there would be less unemployment, more taxes being raised, more spending to increase the GDP... think about that
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