Here’s how I see it:
Revenue = payment for government services plus wasted revenue.
So, to determnine the amount of revenue (taxes) needed we first determine cost of the government services we want (I’ll get to waste shortly). That nails down the revenue needed.
What services do we want? That’s always under debate, especially the services where money is transferred from the haves to the have-nots. When the liberals ask for more money they’re really asking to expand government services (and also power over us). I don’t want more services on top of the ones we have now that we are not really able to comprehend in their entirety.
I want to hold the line on revenue because I think government already provides too many services, or should we say services that are too expensive, and also because I believe that a lot of revenue is wasted or misallocated by sneaky manenvers.
The situation is compounded because of our enormous debt that we must pay off. That gets us to one of Obama’s huge lies — that we must raise taxes to service our debt. And Obama wants to keep on borrowing.
I will say further that the politicians can say what they want about where our tax money goes, but we see much evidence that they sneakily spend our money on things they don’t tell us about.
Trust? Transparency? They ain’t there. The best way we can control the size of government and where they spend money is to avoid giving them more money. Too bad it has to be that way, but that’s the way it is.
The article mentions Sen. Durbin, and I live in Illinois. He can run for re-election in 2014, and a conservative Republican, Chad Koppie, a member of the Kane Co. Regional Board of Schools, told me that he’ll run. If you know anyone, who lives in IL, please tell them about Chad. In the 1998 governor primary, Chad was the only conservative candidate. He’s pro-tax cuts, pro-spending cuts, pro-life, pro-gun rights, and anti-illegal alien.