TAXPAYERS DO NOT WANY MORE TAXES TO PROP UP STATE GOVERNMENT JOBS
| By User from Scotts Valley, CA - Dec 24th, 2008 at 12:25 pm PST |
After watching the little "Christmas Card video" it is apparent that this site is by the state employees and for the state employees. Taxes cannot and should not be raised. All of the cuts in spending are justified, especially now when the states revenues are at the lowest. This website is an example of the impact of larger than necessary government. A group that is not a majority, but also large, tries to influence the majority by suggesting that loss of state jobs during a budget crisis automatically results in loss of NEEDED services. Schools, it they close, will be closed because they are not needed. Many state employees may be facing cuts in hours and/or benefits. JOIN THE REST OF THE WORLD. Where did this confused notion come from that government employees are more important that private sector employees. I don't believe the I have seen any websites suggesting that large private companies that are laying people off by the truckload should find a way to tax the public to retain those jobs.
If you look at the history of taxation in this state, the budget has risen steadily over the last 30 years at a rate 2 1/2 to 3 times the growth of the GSP. If you look at an egg, you have a pretty good idea of the size of the yoke relative to the white. Government in its present form is the yoke getting larger and larger while the taxpayer available dollars,(the white) does not. How long can this go on.
Many of the great thinkers in history (including Plato and Aristotle) supported small government and realized the danger of allowing the government to grow to a point where those that fear for their givernment jobs could influence those who pay for those jobs.
Don't buy into this absurd argument. If you ask a state employee how much money is enough, they could not answer this question. There is never enough. Government is a giany consumer and it's the taxpayer that needs to determine how much is enough. If everyone else is tightening their belts, so should the state.
Several States that have much smaller education budgets (per student), for example, are out-performing california. Our problems are complex and throwing more money at them will not improve the state government and it definitely won't improve the lives of already strapped taxpayers.
If you look at the history of taxation in this state, the budget has risen steadily over the last 30 years at a rate 2 1/2 to 3 times the growth of the GSP. If you look at an egg, you have a pretty good idea of the size of the yoke relative to the white. Government in its present form is the yoke getting larger and larger while the taxpayer available dollars,(the white) does not. How long can this go on.
Many of the great thinkers in history (including Plato and Aristotle) supported small government and realized the danger of allowing the government to grow to a point where those that fear for their givernment jobs could influence those who pay for those jobs.
Don't buy into this absurd argument. If you ask a state employee how much money is enough, they could not answer this question. There is never enough. Government is a giany consumer and it's the taxpayer that needs to determine how much is enough. If everyone else is tightening their belts, so should the state.
Several States that have much smaller education budgets (per student), for example, are out-performing california. Our problems are complex and throwing more money at them will not improve the state government and it definitely won't improve the lives of already strapped taxpayers.
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