Re: Jumping through the hoops

Posted by wisbaker on January 10, 2017 at 09:00:03 from (173.30.119.179):

In Reply to: Jumping through the hoops posted by Geo-TH,In on January 10, 2017 at 05:30:00:

"the price of freedom is eternal vigilance" We were on track to stop a lot of this nonsense back in the 1970's and early 80's but we let our guard down and those who are against freedom were waiting and acted. Let me walk you down memory lane Howard Jarvis and proposition 13, Massachusetts prop 2 1/2, Bob Tisch and the Tisch taxcut proposal, the Headlee amendment (a ruse that was placed on the ballot by the establishment to reduce the support for the aforementioned Tisch amendment). And more recent movements TABOR (TAxpayer's Bill Of Rights) and the TEA (Taxed Enough Already) and ACE (Americans for Constitutional Enforcement) political parties. These were all movements that attempted to limit government's size some were more successful than others, some were discredited by the media or even our political parties as radical factions that needed lip service and then silenced as they were to radical and would cost support and votes.

We gave away many of our freedoms when times were tight and government offered to "help", and in many cases they did, but now many of those state agencies chartered to help business are now doing their best to restrict business either as a political action to restrict competition to businesses that have political ties or to sacrifice business to the Gods on the alters of global warming or clean air and water.

I feel that the results of the recent presidential election are proof there's still time for us to reclaim our country if we get off our backsides and do so.

Challenge the status quo and keep the ballots filled with grassroots initiatives that will make the role of the bureaucrat very difficult. As many of the proposals listed above LIMIT you local government's and state government's levy ability. If nothing else you keep them busy fighting to keep the status quo and they might not have enough time to figure out new ways to get into your pocket, keep THEM jumping through the hoops. Add a twist that any increase in other fees will have to be offset in a reduction in levy. What do I mean? If their are additional fees imposed on say building permits for additional inspections that the amount of the fees will be removed from the county's ad valorem tax levy. An example upon implementation a county was collection $10,000 in fees for building inspections and new inspections were required and it would be estimated the cost of required inspections would increase by 20% or $12,000. This would require the county reduce their property tax levy by $2,000. If after a year the county's revenue was actually $15,000 the county would be required to reduce their levy an additional $3,000 (the amount they under budgeted). Work into your tax code that the cost of fees and compliance costs be subtracted from the value of land when accessing property tax. Meaning if you have a lot worth $10,000 dollars but it would require $5,000 worth of permitting and improvements before it can be built upon then the taxable basis would be reduced by $5,000. Make so our government will ONLY be able to grow when there's real growth in the economy and if the economy shrinks force government to do so.

Our current Federal government operates with out a specific budget. If you Google the annual federal budget you can't get a clear answer, that's really bad as it allows them to have no number they can be held accountable to good bad or indifferent. Pass constitutional amendments that prohibits elected officials and their staff from being paid anytime the government is operating without an annual budget or has spent more than budgeted and if congress and the senate close the session without a budget in place no sitting representative or senator would be eligible for re-election.

Hold your government to a percentage of the GDP, the events of 2008 would of been handled a lot differently had the government had to trim them selves in direct proportion to the reduction of GDP.

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