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Broken promises
Michael Birmingham
Kinderhook
President Obama and Congress promised not to raise taxes on the middle class for new and expanded government programs. The promise will be broken. Government spending far exceeds revenue and only massive new taxes on the middle class can balance budgets.
Cap and Trade, a huge middle class tax, raises energy costs by taxing carbon emissions. An alternative relatively low cost, Pickens plan, reduces carbon emissions and dependency on foreign energy by using abundant domestic natural gas.
Cash for Clunkers gives money for fuel efficient car purchases on trade-ins of fuel guzzlers. Energy saved by new vehicles is offset by requirements to destroy gas guzzles that are perfectly serviceable. Incentive sales rob future auto and other consumer sales by creating more current consumer debt. The taxpayers are stuck with higher taxes and wealth transfers – few benefiting and most paying.
National health proposal is to give all Americans affordable health care. How is health care expanded without more doctors? The stark answer is rationing. The national plan would lead to lower health care quality for most Americans and cost more in taxes. Medicare and Medicaid are examples of government over spending budgets on health care.
Adding millions more people to national health will greatly expand government debt and spending.
Americans did not vote for higher energy costs, paying for your neighbor’s car or government run health care. They voted for reform of energy policies and affordable health care.
Kinderhook
President Obama and Congress promised not to raise taxes on the middle class for new and expanded government programs. The promise will be broken. Government spending far exceeds revenue and only massive new taxes on the middle class can balance budgets.
Cap and Trade, a huge middle class tax, raises energy costs by taxing carbon emissions. An alternative relatively low cost, Pickens plan, reduces carbon emissions and dependency on foreign energy by using abundant domestic natural gas.
Cash for Clunkers gives money for fuel efficient car purchases on trade-ins of fuel guzzlers. Energy saved by new vehicles is offset by requirements to destroy gas guzzles that are perfectly serviceable. Incentive sales rob future auto and other consumer sales by creating more current consumer debt. The taxpayers are stuck with higher taxes and wealth transfers – few benefiting and most paying.
National health proposal is to give all Americans affordable health care. How is health care expanded without more doctors? The stark answer is rationing. The national plan would lead to lower health care quality for most Americans and cost more in taxes. Medicare and Medicaid are examples of government over spending budgets on health care.
Adding millions more people to national health will greatly expand government debt and spending.
Americans did not vote for higher energy costs, paying for your neighbor’s car or government run health care. They voted for reform of energy policies and affordable health care.
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Guy4064 wrote on Aug 12, 2009 10:21 AM: