Shrinking Government Is The Most Important Step On The Journey To Improved Economy
By: Doug Busselman, Executive Vice President
With the same sense of logic that the most important thing to do when you find yourself in a hole is to quit digging, we need to place more emphasis on reducing the size of government – not growing it bigger. Those who have caused us to be in the hole we are, by voting to support expanded government spending – well beyond the point of the private sector’s ability to sustain the largess without further crippling tax increases – need to be held accountable and un-elected.
Instead of evaluating representation on the basis of the ability to “bring home the bacon” we need to recognize that we’re the source for the wealth they are redistributing. We need to dismiss and reject the hide-the-truth tactics of class warfare, blaming the supposed “haves” for government’s inability to deliver even more.
It would seem that there is also an effort to convince us that those who draw paychecks from the public till are providing services far more noble than those who should be paying greater taxes. This attitude, which was extremely prevalent during the 2009 Nevada Legislature and demonstrated in expanding state spending and increasing taxes, will only become more entrenched if the same legislators who voted for the tax increases are returned through the 2010 election process.
You can’t keep electing representatives who support bigger, more burdensome government, who vote to dig deeper into your pocketbook and then be surprised that you get bigger, more burdensome government with less of your money to spend as you wish and deserve to decide. This is also the case at the national level and should be a significant factor in electing at least three different members from the current line-up of the Nevada delegation “representing us” in Washington, D.C.
With the same sense of logic that the most important thing to do when you find yourself in a hole is to quit digging, we need to place more emphasis on reducing the size of government – not growing it bigger. Those who have caused us to be in the hole we are, by voting to support expanded government spending – well beyond the point of the private sector’s ability to sustain the largess without further crippling tax increases – need to be held accountable and un-elected.
Instead of evaluating representation on the basis of the ability to “bring home the bacon” we need to recognize that we’re the source for the wealth they are redistributing. We need to dismiss and reject the hide-the-truth tactics of class warfare, blaming the supposed “haves” for government’s inability to deliver even more.
It would seem that there is also an effort to convince us that those who draw paychecks from the public till are providing services far more noble than those who should be paying greater taxes. This attitude, which was extremely prevalent during the 2009 Nevada Legislature and demonstrated in expanding state spending and increasing taxes, will only become more entrenched if the same legislators who voted for the tax increases are returned through the 2010 election process.
You can’t keep electing representatives who support bigger, more burdensome government, who vote to dig deeper into your pocketbook and then be surprised that you get bigger, more burdensome government with less of your money to spend as you wish and deserve to decide. This is also the case at the national level and should be a significant factor in electing at least three different members from the current line-up of the Nevada delegation “representing us” in Washington, D.C.
Posted by Doug Busselman at 11/14/2009 9:30 AM 
Categories: Economy
Tags: Nevada Unemployment Rate Reducing Government
Categories: Economy
Tags: Nevada Unemployment Rate Reducing Government
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