Okay, so I’m going to sound like a “tax and spend liberal” again. What is wrong with our education system that creates so much wrong thinking about things like taxes? How do you have a government without revenue? Grover Norquist , a leader in the conservative movement, is famous for his comment that he wants to shrink government "down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub."
So what happens when we shrink government to that point? Street lights go out in Colorado Springs. Grand Junction can’t fix pot holes. Delta can’t fix pot holes. We lay off 60 people in Grand Junction. We lay off the executive director of the organization charged with bringing business to Delta.
Is that what we really want? To turn into a third-world nation where we can’t afford teachers, or cops, or economic development, or roads? It seems that is what the local Republican Party wants. They are out in force protesting taxes on luxury items like candy and soft drinks. How do they propose that we pay for street lights, roads, schools, and economic development without collecting sales taxes? It is time that we grow up and tackle our growing problems with a concerted joint effort to actually make government work. Yes, be fiscally responsible, but taxes aren’t evil. We need taxes to run government. As much as Republicans don’t like government, it is the only thing that keeps nations civilized.
As I’ve said before, all we get for low taxes is a third world country.
Homework:
http://www.deltacountyindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13454:economic-development-director-out-as-board-refocuses&catid=77:top-stories&Itemid=373ß story about economic development in Delta
http://www.deltacountyindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13389:28m-grant-could-stall-deltas-truck-route&catid=34:delta&Itemid=347ß story about moving trucks off Main Street in Delta
http://www.deltacountyindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13456:city-sales-tax-revenues-drop-nearly-9-percent&catid=77:top-stories&Itemid=373ß story about sales tax revenue dropping in Delta
http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/articles/sales_tax_shortfall_has_city_s/ßstory about sales tax revenue dropping in Grand Junction
http://www.deltacountyindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13353:federal-officials-hand-out-big-checks&catid=34:delta&Itemid=347ß story about how federal programs are helping small businesses in Delta
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_14303473ß story about street lights being turned out in Colorado Springs
So what happens when we shrink government to that point? Street lights go out in Colorado Springs. Grand Junction can’t fix pot holes. Delta can’t fix pot holes. We lay off 60 people in Grand Junction. We lay off the executive director of the organization charged with bringing business to Delta.
Is that what we really want? To turn into a third-world nation where we can’t afford teachers, or cops, or economic development, or roads? It seems that is what the local Republican Party wants. They are out in force protesting taxes on luxury items like candy and soft drinks. How do they propose that we pay for street lights, roads, schools, and economic development without collecting sales taxes? It is time that we grow up and tackle our growing problems with a concerted joint effort to actually make government work. Yes, be fiscally responsible, but taxes aren’t evil. We need taxes to run government. As much as Republicans don’t like government, it is the only thing that keeps nations civilized.
As I’ve said before, all we get for low taxes is a third world country.
Homework:
http://www.deltacountyindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13454:economic-development-director-out-as-board-refocuses&catid=77:top-stories&Itemid=373ß story about economic development in Delta
http://www.deltacountyindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13389:28m-grant-could-stall-deltas-truck-route&catid=34:delta&Itemid=347ß story about moving trucks off Main Street in Delta
http://www.deltacountyindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13456:city-sales-tax-revenues-drop-nearly-9-percent&catid=77:top-stories&Itemid=373ß story about sales tax revenue dropping in Delta
http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/articles/sales_tax_shortfall_has_city_s/ßstory about sales tax revenue dropping in Grand Junction
http://www.deltacountyindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13353:federal-officials-hand-out-big-checks&catid=34:delta&Itemid=347ß story about how federal programs are helping small businesses in Delta
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_14303473ß story about street lights being turned out in Colorado Springs
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