With prices of oil and gas at all time highs, and people searching for relief, whether it be with a gas-tax suspension or going for the throats of "big oil", the fight to hang on to our hard-earned dollars rages on as the varied political classes seek to "help". This is all well and good, although, short of some American means of "nationalizing" (plundering) what are private companies, I see little the government can do– Well, unless they take the rational steps of drilling offshore and in Alaska and building new refineries and jump-starting the nuclear industry. None of these, however, even if they were to come to pass, provide relief from the pocketbook pressure in the short run. Stretched family budgets need help NOW.
Why is it, that when the politicians offer their "solutions", they never seem to include reductions in government spending, thus lowering taxes? What if every level of government were to actually SHRINK spending in lean times? Would this not help? Whether it be payroll taxes, property taxes, or "fees", how much of our paycheck is consumed by what’s taken by the government? Have you ever stopped and totalled it up? My guess is if you did, you might get as angry at government as you are with "big oil".
What do you think about the USA Today’s report last week about one sector where job prospects remain rosy?
Federal, state and local governments are hiring new workers at the fastest pace in six years, helping offset job losses in the private sector.
Governments added 76,800 jobs in the first three months of 2008, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports.
That’s the biggest jump in first-quarter hiring since a boom in 2002 that followed the 9/11 terrorist attacks. By contrast, private companies collectively shed 286,000 workers in the first three months of 2008. That job loss has led many economists to declare the country is in a recession.
The piece continues, including the liberal view of this statistic:
Some economists say a government hiring binge could soften a recession in the short term.
"Government jobs are an important cushion for the economy when the private sector falters," says North Carolina State University economist Michael Walden.
And then picks up on my thoughts:
But the job expansion could later cause financial problems for governments that are spending too much.
"More hiring has nothing to do with good government or economic policy," says economist Kenneth Brown, research director at the Rio Grande Foundation in Albuquerque. "It has everything to do with government being slow to react to economic change."
Bingo! Think about all this as all levels of government jack up spending and tell us there’s nothing they can do. Even as the signs of economic troubles have been coming for some time now, none of the warnings mattered to the big spenders, whether they’re in Washington, Concord, NH’s counties, or at the towns, cities, and schools. Let’s not stop at the gas tax. Let’s cut back on ALL taxes! Step one is to stop hiring new government workers. Every budget at every level spends more on salaries and benefits than anything else. The numbers reported by USA Today shows us the place to go to save money. Immediately…
I’m ready for a tax revolt. Thankfully, I’ve found a place where the revolution is getting started. Go here. How many readers will join me? The time is NOW!
