Taxes Enough Already!! We don’t like taxes! Let’s do demonstrations to tell the government our views. There is of course a few small details that the organizers of T.E.A. Parties have overlooked. Lower taxes means we won’t have the where with all to provide all the services we want. A few that come to mind are:
- Money to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
- Money to pay for the FAA, FCC, FDA, and the many other important functions provided by the government
- Unemployment insurance payments to all of those who have been laid off
- Public schools
- Highway maintenance and construction
- Police and fire protection
The list is too long to recite here but there is a myriad of services provided by our government. Some are provided by local agencies and others are provided by the state or federal government.
At the beginning of April the federal government actually lowered withholding on our paychecks and lowered the actual income tax rates.
The complaint about our government ought to be about waste and inefficiency. There are too many bureaucrats that do nothing to but add to the morass of functions that do not provide any worthwhile services. Here in Los Angeles the city says it will have a $500million shortfall in its next fiscal year. The solution will be in the elimination of unnecessary commissions and departments that provide very little to the welfare of most citizens.
President Obama has discussed improving the purchasing functions of the federal government. Defense Secretary Gates has proposed eliminating unnecessary projects. But wait, these actions will result in the loss of jobs.
Everyone complains about the cost of government and “pork barrel” projects until the project is in their community. Suddenly it’s not pork. Oh yes, one other thing. The Boston Tea Party was about taxation without representation. If we don’t like our representatives we can vote them out office.
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