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Swordsmyth
06-14-2017, 11:49 PM
Authored by Michael Snyder via The American Dream blog, (http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/we-want-a-government-so-small-that-we-can-barely-see-it)

If I run for Congress, and if I end up winning, one of my long-term goals will be to completely eliminate the income tax. But we will need a lot more liberty-minded people to win seats in Congress in order for that to happen, and so I am encouraging as many as possible to consider running in 2018.
We also need to dramatically reduce the red tape that is absolutely killing entrepreneurs and small businesses all over the nation (http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/they-are-killing-small-business-the-number-of-self-employed-americans-is-lower-than-it-was-in-1990).
And it isn’t just the federal government that is doing this. Sometimes it is state and local governments that are the worst offenders, and I want to share one example with you from right here in Idaho (http://hearmeidaho.com/issues/good-idaho-jobs/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Facebook_boosted&utm_campaign=Good_jobs&utm_content=IFF_boosted_fb_MNM_beauty_ads)…

Miranda Hale, Nadia Saakyan and Micalah Howard are three innovative women who launched a mobile makeup-application business that fits today’s busy lifestyles. The trio came up with an original idea: Bring the make-up studio to help brides feel just a little more beautiful on their special day, no matter the location.

Yet, senseless state regulations ruined the trio’s dream. Idaho rules don’t allow the three to apply makeup anywhere outside of a licensed and inspected beauty salon.

This regulation, and hundreds more like it, were not built for the modern economy. Outdated regulations stifle innovation and kill jobs.
This is the sort of thing that I would expect to see in California (http://themostimportantnews.com/archives/they-want-to-make-the-rest-of-the-country-just-like-california), but unfortunately it is happening right here in my state.
If we sit back and do nothing, then nothing is going to change. The reason why we have so many rules and regulations is because control freaks tend to be greatly attracted to the world of politics. And once they get into positions of power, they love to lord it over the rest of us and impose as many rules and regulations as they possibly can.
It is time for those of us that believe in constitutional values to rise up and take our country back. It won’t be easy, but if we want this nation to have any sort of a future at all we have no choice but to act.

More at: http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/we-want-a-government-so-small-that-we-can-barely-see-it

We need to look into supporting this man.

Swordsmyth
06-16-2017, 02:23 AM
bump

Zippyjuan
06-16-2017, 12:04 PM
How does he suggest reducing the budget to a level you can fund it without income taxes? "Smaller" is pretty general. Nice in theory but can it actually be done (assuming you don't simply increase the deficit/ debt)? Keeping other tax levels the same, you have a budget of $1.85 trillion to work with.

https://media.nationalpriorities.org/uploads/pres_budg_total_spending_pie.png

https://media.nationalpriorities.org/uploads/2016-budget-chart-revenue2.png

Swordsmyth
06-16-2017, 12:37 PM
How does he suggest reducing the budget to a level you can fund it without income taxes? "Smaller" is pretty general. Nice in theory but can it actually be done (assuming you don't simply increase the deficit/ debt)? Keeping other tax levels the same, you have a budget of $1.85 trillion to work with.

https://media.nationalpriorities.org/uploads/pres_budg_total_spending_pie.png

https://media.nationalpriorities.org/uploads/2016-budget-chart-revenue2.png

Again Zippy?
"Nothing can be done, Just relax and enjoy it" does not fly around here.
Go peddle your lies somewhere else.

timosman
06-16-2017, 12:39 PM
dup

timosman
06-16-2017, 12:40 PM
Again Zippy?
"Nothing can be done, Just relax and enjoy it" does not fly around here.
Go peddle your lies somewhere else.

I do not know how many times he needs to get his balls busted in order to stop doing this. This is pathetic. :(

He probably thinks this plays well to his imaginary audience where he is killing it.

Zippyjuan
06-16-2017, 04:21 PM
Again Zippy?
"Nothing can be done, Just relax and enjoy it" does not fly around here.
Go peddle your lies somewhere else.

So how would you cut spending to $1.8 trillion? Just seeking details on his plan. People also call for balanced budgets all the time (and even want a balanced budget amendment) but don't propose any that actually balance (except for Ron and Rand Paul). Saying "it would be nice" doesn't get you there.

phill4paul
06-16-2017, 04:36 PM
So how would you cut spending to $1.8 trillion?

Secession. Revolution. Total economic collapse. EMP. There is probably a couple of more ways.