The budget is a mess. According to CDA Press article written by Rick Thomas, our elected leaders are telling us this; “We’re still $450 million upside down,” Clark said. “We have problems, but we can solve them.”
I find that remark incredibly concerning because I don’t think they can fix it, they are however, going to throw it back on the backs of the people. How are they going to do it? They are going to give us what we want. Politicians saw this coming, that is why they created the Idaho Efficiency Website, where citizens could offer suggestions regarding the economy and other ideas geared toward efficiency.
Idaho Reporter.com tells us in their two part series how Idaho government is now listening and as a result the cutbacks that are going to happen are because the people requested this, NOT because the politicians overspent and agencies abused taxpayer money. Citizens call for salary cuts, district consolidation on governor’s website (Part 1 of 2) Not all state employees deserve a pay cut, they work like dogs, like many of us. The folks getting the shaft by taking every other mandatory Friday afternoon off are low paying jobs, we are not picking on the high rollers who make the real money. However, we have now been formally ’engaged’ into the process so we feel part of the solution.
So, when it gets worse, be assured that the government will remind you that is what you wanted! God forbid, citizens start throwing rotten tomatoes at these incompetent buffoons who abuse are money to profit for their own personal gain and connected business networks. Those yahoos would do less damage if they would all just go back to their boats and fish, then hit a few rounds at the golf course, or shop for new shoes.
Part 2 of the Idaho Reporter’s piece examines other citizenry answers like collecting revenue by legalizing pot, or consolidating all the colleges. Another answer is to increase taxes on alchohol, cirgarettes, candy, and bottled water. Taxing families that have more than three children is a favorite. Gad, there are people who want to raise the tax on gas by 25 cents to “FORCE” people to drive less. This is scary!
Personally, I think all drugs need to be legalized if you are over eighteen years old. It’s not my job to babysit adults and if they want to snort their bodies into oblivion, that’s their choice. It would solve the war on drugs and it would free up the jails regarding petty crimes. Additionally, keep the government out of taxing addictions or what people NEED like water and gas.
At this rate, if the legislature listens to some of these folks, except me, we are in a bigger hole than before.
You never know, they might put a USE tax on toilet paper and force us to flush less often.
We need the government checkbooks online, so we can watch government’s spending habits. They need help because they cannot keep track of the spending on their own. We are in this mess because of their waste! Solutions to increase taxes will only hurt us more. Put the restrictions on government NOT the people.
P.S. My opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect those in the sources of this post.
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