Raising taxes during a recession?

Here in Newton County people are standing up to the possibility of more taxes being raised (millage rates to be raised) during this recession.  I am happy to see that most who have responded have been positive and oppose tax increases during the hard economic times we face.  You can read the details at:  http://www.jasonpye.com/blog/2009/05/newton_boc_weighs_tax_increase.html and also at http://www.covnews.com/news/article/7210/.

Here are my thoughts on this proposed tax increase.  Some say – “it’s not that much” and “we can reduce it later”.  To point number one – please consider that every little bit counts.  Have you considered all of the taxes we are about to see from Washington D.C. and already currently see?  If you take for example President Obama, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, and President of the Senate Harry Reid and those who support the Cap and Tax (they call it Cap and Trade) to tax carbon emissions for so-called man-made “global warming”.  Did you know if this passes each family in the United States of America will face an increase in their power bills of $3000+ / family / year?  Let’s look at other examples – President Obama and Pelosi and Reid want to tax soft drinks or like we call it here in Georgia Coca~Cola’s, they are already taxing cigarettes/tobacco to those who smoke, etc… And let us not forget that President Obama / Pelosi / Reid have taken over the automobile industry and just passed standards on the vehicles which will cost the cars price to increase by around from anywhere from $1300 and I have even heard up to $6000 per car and the safety standards reduced and human lives will be lost.  So now that we have just seen a few of Washington D.C.’s tax plans let us take what some call a “it’s not that much” tax here in Newton County and add to the $3000/year electricity bills, tax on cigarettes, soft drinks, etc…, and tax on the cars – when it is all said and done will you have any money left to pay your property taxes?  You do know if your property taxes are not paid your property can be auctioned off right?  Every little bit counts and if you are a person who truly believes that government should stay out of our lives as much as possible and believe in fiscal responsibility you would see that this is a dangerous precedent to be set if we do not stand our ground and say NO.  And as far as the theory of “we can reduce it later” – yeah right – please show me one example of a tax that was added and when it was taken away?  Governments role should be in protecting it’s citizens – Police/Sheriff/Fire/EMS – everything after that is optional.

To contact your Commissioner here in Newton County: http://co.newton.ga.us/content/view/32/62/

I am going to quote below one of the best Presidents in our Nation’s history – the Republican party’s first President -

President Abraham Lincoln 1864:

“We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing.  With some the word liberty may mean for each man to do as he pleases with himself, and the product of his labor; while with others, the same word may mean for some men to do as they please with other men, and the product of other men’s labor.  Here are two, not only different, but incompatible things, called by the same name – liberty.  And it follows that each of the things is, by the respective parties, called by two different and incompatible names – liberty and tyranny.”

The above quote illustrates the difference between Conservatism (those who believe in the individual) and Statism (those who believe in government for all their answers).  I am a Lincoln/Reagan Conservative who believes in the power of the individual and that government is not the answer but is the problem more than the solution.  Please stand strong on your principles and say NO to tax increases here in Newton County and all around this Nation.  I was happy to see California citizens voted NO to more tax increases and for smaller government.  California is a great example of why excessive spending and excessive taxation do not work – just ask the 3000 people per week leaving California.

If you have not heard of this book which goes into depth the above principles then please check it out:

Mark Levin’s Liberty and Tyranny Conservative Manifesto (click here to purchase on Amazon.com)