The Rejection Of Big Brother Controls And Tax Increases Trying To Force “Change”
By: Doug Busselman, Executive Vice President
2010 has gotten off to a strong start in the launch of the efforts of involved Americans, working to take back the balance that has been lost in the emphasis of Big Brother Government during 2009. In a very strong and unusual action at the 91st annual meeting of the American Farm Bureau Federation, voting delegates started their organizational policy deliberations with unanimous approval of a resolution directed in no uncertain opposition to the Cap and Trade proposal pending in the U.S. Senate. The action further advocates the legislative initiative being taken to stop the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from implementing their regulations to back-door controls under the guise of addressing the theory of Global Warming.
False choices which suggest we can only advance through the controls of government regulations or the auspices of government blessings need to be recognized and publicly rejected as being false choices. Social engineering to force pre-determined outcomes should be labeled for what they are and trash-canned as limiting the economic advances that we require. Those who have shut down our ability to develop domestic energy supplies and then decried our reliance on foreign energy need to be overruled with the common sense of a better informed American public. Alternative energy production (in all forms) should be welcomed, but not through the mandates of government actions that falsely drive up the costs of traditional energy in order to make the alternative energy seem more affordable. Blocking off energy sources like coal or nuclear and then telling us we have to make do with higher prices and a government rationing scheme, wrought with the potential for inside trading manipulation, is not exactly a legitimate set of choices.
The strongest possible communications need to work at breaking through the current sound barriers erected by our elected representatives, established in the form of their present behind-closed door legislative process which indicates their unwillingness to let open government debate and exchange of ideas take place. That communication needs to be sent in all forms, but especially through the use of the ballot box in November. Those who have betrayed the people they were elected to represent, passing the Climate Change Tax Bill in the U.S. House along with all the other irresponsible and misguided tax and spend actions need to be held accountable. Their unemployment will likely be the first step in rebuilding an economy where everyone else doesn’t have to be unemployed.
On the state level that effort also applies. Elected representatives positioning for the expansion of the tax load they want to construct in 2011 need to be met with the most resilient response possible. They need to be told that Nevada Government needs to focus on the limited, priority activities required with full attention on delivering quality results. Government spending on non-essential activities needs to be curtailed to live within the means Nevada taxpayers can provide. Reform should also be a matter of attention, installing competition as the means of stimulating improved results for government-dominated institutions like education.
The action plans for 2010 need to re-introducing our elected officials to the concept that they work for us and not the other way around. We can do much better when government is restricted as opposed to government restricting us and our opportunities for succcess.
2010 has gotten off to a strong start in the launch of the efforts of involved Americans, working to take back the balance that has been lost in the emphasis of Big Brother Government during 2009. In a very strong and unusual action at the 91st annual meeting of the American Farm Bureau Federation, voting delegates started their organizational policy deliberations with unanimous approval of a resolution directed in no uncertain opposition to the Cap and Trade proposal pending in the U.S. Senate. The action further advocates the legislative initiative being taken to stop the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from implementing their regulations to back-door controls under the guise of addressing the theory of Global Warming.
False choices which suggest we can only advance through the controls of government regulations or the auspices of government blessings need to be recognized and publicly rejected as being false choices. Social engineering to force pre-determined outcomes should be labeled for what they are and trash-canned as limiting the economic advances that we require. Those who have shut down our ability to develop domestic energy supplies and then decried our reliance on foreign energy need to be overruled with the common sense of a better informed American public. Alternative energy production (in all forms) should be welcomed, but not through the mandates of government actions that falsely drive up the costs of traditional energy in order to make the alternative energy seem more affordable. Blocking off energy sources like coal or nuclear and then telling us we have to make do with higher prices and a government rationing scheme, wrought with the potential for inside trading manipulation, is not exactly a legitimate set of choices.
The strongest possible communications need to work at breaking through the current sound barriers erected by our elected representatives, established in the form of their present behind-closed door legislative process which indicates their unwillingness to let open government debate and exchange of ideas take place. That communication needs to be sent in all forms, but especially through the use of the ballot box in November. Those who have betrayed the people they were elected to represent, passing the Climate Change Tax Bill in the U.S. House along with all the other irresponsible and misguided tax and spend actions need to be held accountable. Their unemployment will likely be the first step in rebuilding an economy where everyone else doesn’t have to be unemployed.
On the state level that effort also applies. Elected representatives positioning for the expansion of the tax load they want to construct in 2011 need to be met with the most resilient response possible. They need to be told that Nevada Government needs to focus on the limited, priority activities required with full attention on delivering quality results. Government spending on non-essential activities needs to be curtailed to live within the means Nevada taxpayers can provide. Reform should also be a matter of attention, installing competition as the means of stimulating improved results for government-dominated institutions like education.
The action plans for 2010 need to re-introducing our elected officials to the concept that they work for us and not the other way around. We can do much better when government is restricted as opposed to government restricting us and our opportunities for succcess.
Posted by Doug Busselman at 1/13/2010 5:52 AM 
Categories: Government
Tags: Cap and Trade American Farm Bureau Federation Policy Election 2010
Categories: Government
Tags: Cap and Trade American Farm Bureau Federation Policy Election 2010
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