Taxation

Everyone wants lower taxes, but many people still want government to play the provider. We cannot have it both ways. On average, the most people who want that big government, are the ones who get more than they give. As the government provides more and more, it will require more and more of the private sector that keeps it afloat. As the private sector shrinks poverty will increase. We must stop this trend. Following the liberty principle is the only way to reverse the trend.

The only way to shrink our tax burden is to eliminate government expenses, or in other words, eliminate unnecessary government programs. In many cases, some taxes can be reduced without shrinking government because government is so horribly inefficient. The root causes of this inefficiency are the simple fact that people are not careful with other people's money and there's no competition to drive down costs. It's just the simple result of disobeying the basic principle of liberty. Visit the libertarianism page if you don't understand how this violates the basic principle of liberty.

There are many factors related to reducing taxes.

• Downsize Government
  • Many expensive government programs should be dropped or downsized. This will allow government to focus on more important programs like the justice system. Punish the corporations (such as the insurance industry) guilty of raping the consumer through breach of contract. With government so large, many of the guilty parties go unpunished and justice is robbed.
  • Cut unnecessary government programs. Stop forcing the public to pay for the exorbitant salaries of government employees and all their plush benefits. Allow the public to put that extra money into the local economy.
  • Taxes cannot be lowered unless government cuts spending or makes itself more efficient. In the real world, the market forces companies to be more efficient. However, in government the incentive is much less and many times, non-existent.
  • Given the choice of maintaning a government-run business or downsizing public education or the police force, sell the business.

• Welfare
  • In many instances, welfare programs simply exascerbate the problems they were instituted to correct. Welfare reform is crucial to a healthy society. Human behaviour does not react favorably to free handouts and dependence to government. The solution is not simple or a quick one.
  • Stop forcing hard-working citizens to pay welfare recipients to watch their 52 inch flat screens all day.
  • Stop paying the grocery bill for drug addicts so that they can afford to maintain their drug habit. Given the choice between food or drugs, they will eventually choose food.
  • How many fathers abandon their wives and illegitimate children because they know the state will take care of them? How many girls have children because they will get more money from government welfare?

• Reduce taxes  - Taxes cannot simply quickly be reduced without side effects. It must be done slowly, and simultaneously in the following steps.

1. Slowly reduce government spending by downsizing and cutting programs
2. Decrease taxes equally across the board. This will transfer money stolen from the government back to its rightful owners, the people. People will spend their own money more wisely than bureaucrats.