How much government do we need?
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How much government do we need?
To the editor:
This is about the federal government. Our government is spending $4 trillion a year. That is over $13,000 for each man, woman and child in this
country. They tax us for about $2.5 trillion and borrow the rest. Do you know that we owe China about $1 trillion?
I don't care if you're a Democrat or a Republican, because they both caused this problem. But what is going on now is just asinine.
What will the Ivy League scholars do when China and other countries cut off the credit card? Our national debt is about $13 trillion. If China and the other countries call the note due, what will happen? We will be in an economic free fall worse than the Great Depression.
I am not smart enough to know how to fix our country's economic problems and don't pretend to be. But it doesn't take a genius to understand
that this spending will bankrupt any nation. It is very clear that Ivy League scholars should stick with teaching college or join a think tank.
We need politicians and especially a president who has business experience and good common sense. If our country doesn't get its financial house in order, all the other arguments about the border or social issues will not mean anything.
This November, the voters need to send a political shock wave through Washington. Then in 2012, do it again. I believe the United States is the greatest country ever known to mankind. But, if this keeps up, disaster will ultimately come.
It is not that difficult to get the economy humming again. Cut the size of government about 50 percent, eliminate the corporate tax and cut out all the foolish regulations stifling business. Corporations want to do business in this country but our government is making it to expensive and way too difficult. Corporations don't pay taxes; we do, in the form of higher prices for their product or service.
Don't get me wrong; I know we need government, regulations and taxes. But the more government, the more regulations and higher the taxes equals less jobs for the average American worker.
Sincerely,
Richard Harris
Winchester
To the editor:
This is about the federal government. Our government is spending $4 trillion a year. That is over $13,000 for each man, woman and child in this
country. They tax us for about $2.5 trillion and borrow the rest. Do you know that we owe China about $1 trillion?
I don't care if you're a Democrat or a Republican, because they both caused this problem. But what is going on now is just asinine.
What will the Ivy League scholars do when China and other countries cut off the credit card? Our national debt is about $13 trillion. If China and the other countries call the note due, what will happen? We will be in an economic free fall worse than the Great Depression.
I am not smart enough to know how to fix our country's economic problems and don't pretend to be. But it doesn't take a genius to understand
that this spending will bankrupt any nation. It is very clear that Ivy League scholars should stick with teaching college or join a think tank.
We need politicians and especially a president who has business experience and good common sense. If our country doesn't get its financial house in order, all the other arguments about the border or social issues will not mean anything.
This November, the voters need to send a political shock wave through Washington. Then in 2012, do it again. I believe the United States is the greatest country ever known to mankind. But, if this keeps up, disaster will ultimately come.
It is not that difficult to get the economy humming again. Cut the size of government about 50 percent, eliminate the corporate tax and cut out all the foolish regulations stifling business. Corporations want to do business in this country but our government is making it too expensive and way too difficult.
Corporations don't pay taxes; we do, in the form of higher prices for their product or service.
Corporations don't pay taxes; we do, in the form of higher prices for their product or service.
Don't get me wrong; I know we need government, regulations and taxes. But the more government, the more regulations and higher the taxes equals less jobs for the average American worker.
Sincerely,
Sincerely,
Richard Harris
Winchester
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