Issue Position: Taxation

Issue Position

There is a proper level of taxation to provide for the common good. That level was passed a long time ago. The Appropriations Committee looks only at new requests for funding. There is not an ongoing review of programs to see if they really work, to see if they are out of date, to see if they are over staffed; instead we fund empty positions. Our response to Covid-19 guarantees a hyper shrinking of our economy; tax revenues will soon not meet expenditure levels. There are three choices when this happens. First, raise taxes. Second reduce all expenditures equally to match income. Third, reduce government after studying the efficacy of current programs eliminate those that are not efficient or needed, then reduce according to available revenues. I am in the third camp.

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