Nevada Legislative "Doublespeak"
By: Doug Busselman, Executive Vice President
Given the direction that things are taking there will be no tax increases coming from the Nevada 2011 Legislative Session. The majority party has determined that increases to finance government’s expansion will come in the form of “revenue” enhancement. Mark another advancement for the progress of “doublespeak ” and the never-ending work of fooling enough of the people enough of the time.
The real issue, that Nevada citizens need to closely monitor, will be the spending plans coming from the Nevada Legislative process. At this point we’ve not heard whether there are plans to mask the intentions for increasing spending or not. Given the proposals coming from state agencies for the next biennium it doesn’t seem that they have any plans for living within the means of Nevada taxpayers’ ability to provide.
It would be unreasonable to think that the zealots of more government in the Nevada Legislature have any more appreciation for the private sector being allowed to keep the resources they’ve earned than they have had in the past. Those in charge of the Nevada Legislative process consider those private resources as untapped obligations which really are better spent through public sector programs – as opposed to private sector investment and advancement.
Changing the mindset that government is not the source for prosperity and re-establishing the principles of limited government (at all levels) will take more work and require something other than hoping that a mantra of “No Taxes” will get us to where we need to be. Overt actions are needed to establish priorities of what “essential” government services should be and then defund programs which don’t measure up to that determined role. Restructuring government programs to be more focused on maintaining a limited government response is going to be challenging and is going to require a strong citizen involvement in driving that message through the murk of doublespeak coming from Carson City in the coming months.
Given the direction that things are taking there will be no tax increases coming from the Nevada 2011 Legislative Session. The majority party has determined that increases to finance government’s expansion will come in the form of “revenue” enhancement. Mark another advancement for the progress of “doublespeak ” and the never-ending work of fooling enough of the people enough of the time.
The real issue, that Nevada citizens need to closely monitor, will be the spending plans coming from the Nevada Legislative process. At this point we’ve not heard whether there are plans to mask the intentions for increasing spending or not. Given the proposals coming from state agencies for the next biennium it doesn’t seem that they have any plans for living within the means of Nevada taxpayers’ ability to provide.
It would be unreasonable to think that the zealots of more government in the Nevada Legislature have any more appreciation for the private sector being allowed to keep the resources they’ve earned than they have had in the past. Those in charge of the Nevada Legislative process consider those private resources as untapped obligations which really are better spent through public sector programs – as opposed to private sector investment and advancement.
Changing the mindset that government is not the source for prosperity and re-establishing the principles of limited government (at all levels) will take more work and require something other than hoping that a mantra of “No Taxes” will get us to where we need to be. Overt actions are needed to establish priorities of what “essential” government services should be and then defund programs which don’t measure up to that determined role. Restructuring government programs to be more focused on maintaining a limited government response is going to be challenging and is going to require a strong citizen involvement in driving that message through the murk of doublespeak coming from Carson City in the coming months.
Posted by Doug Busselman at 11/9/2010 8:36 AM 
Categories: 2011 Nevada Legislature
Tags: Nevada 2011 Nevada Legislature Taxes Government Spending
Categories: 2011 Nevada Legislature
Tags: Nevada 2011 Nevada Legislature Taxes Government Spending
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