Government

Too many Taxes - Too little Return

 Our current liberal led government seems to be fond of overindulgence by spending and controlling. It is, like most government glutted with paperwork, personnel and hot air. I may not be objective with the above statements, but there seems to be very little objective reasoning in our over power-hungry government. Greed, power and control remain the way. A phrase once used about government and attributed to multiple authors that should be applied but is little applied is, "That government is best which governs the least." That is not to say that no government would be best but rather that government should be a lean machine not a fat one. As it happens all too often the reverse can be applied to our government, "He who governs most governs worst." A government grown too large is a government which will lose the individual between the cracks as an individual lost in the vast, dense forest. As a result of governments canned solutions, we hear the stories of delays and refusals because a person does not fit the criteria. They need help but the government still takes their tax dollars and says they can't help, but when they are on the street it may help.

 Government often cares more for itself than the people. A case in point, government salaries, in a past administration, the president had frozen federal wages. A freshman politician sought to introduce a bill to freeze congressional salaries as well, he was promptly warned by a senior to keep his hand out of the seniors pocket. It seems to me it is our pocket that this senior is sticking his hand in. I say keep your hand out of our pocket.

 Big government is quite often a waste of money. The government produces little; it has little to sell, it takes the profit and still sends out a big tax bill. Grown too large it is a drain on the economy. Money is best spent in the private sector, where it produces more, resells more and makes a better profit. The profit then increased by reduced government drain, allows for increases in spending on private production. The increased production profit can then be taxed at a lower rate producing similar revenue for government.