Tax and ...Waste

Maybe if the government quit taking so much money from taxpayers and consumers, individuals could afford the services that liberals say that government should provide...if it really could. I'm still waiting for victory in the war on poverty that started over forty years ago.

Every hour worked, every item purchased… money is always going to the government in the form of taxes. From income tax, to sales tax, to gasoline tax, to property tax, roughly half of your income goes to Big Brother.

The government continues to consume vast quantities of money while producing relatively little. Since the government has largely failed in providing key services such as healthcare, retirement, and competitive education, perhaps these areas of life should be left to personal choice.

While government is an essential component of an advanced, free, capitalist society, it should only provide services that it is has a competitive advantage in – things such as national defense, the rule of law, police and fire services, and roads.

So long as we value personal choice and accountability, we must fight to keep the government out of areas it doesn’t belong.

Since it is finally the day we start making money for ourselves in 2007, think about the fundamental questions that have plagued man’s thought for thousands of years – what is the role of the individual? What is his duty to the state? What is the state’s duty to him? You may very well find that your answer is not the direction we are heading towards.

When the government does something for its citizens, it also takes away from its citizens--not only money, but liberties. Watch out for all the promises in the upcoming Presidential campaign. Government health care, anyone?