Fiscal Conservatives for McDonnell
As a fiscal conservative, I am deeply concerned about the state of our economy. Our strength as a nation starts at home, where free enterprise, American ingenuity, technology and hard work are the keys to our economic future. Our economic recovery is going to require a sustained and focus effort by the President, the Congress and all 50 governors. Bob McDonnell and I agree that a competitive America is one where taxes are low and government works smarter and more efficiently for its citizens, creating an environment where businesses can prosper and jobs grow. Right now, there are two issues that concern me. The first is “card check.” Workers deserve to make the choice about whether to unionize through a private ballot without fear of intimidation. The Democrats’ plan to take away those rights is an insult to the dignity and common sense of working people. And it would be calamitous for the economy. It would stifle productivity growth in existing businesses. It would throttle new business start-ups. Small businesses of 10 or 20 employees would have to hire human resources people and engage labor lawyers. I can think of nothing more devastating to the future of America’s economy than card check. Bob McDonnell agrees on this one – card check is a threat to our economy. The second issue has to do with energy independence. For too long, America has been dependent on foreign suppliers of oil. Our military and economic strength depend on becoming energy independent, and that means we need to pursue ample domestic sources of energy, including all the renewable sources and off-shore drilling. Bob supports all of our energy options, including drilling, which will create new jobs for Virginia residents.
Bob McDonnell understands these are critical priorities and that building a stronger Virginia starts with sensible policies that will encourage economic growth and job creation.
How about the tax structure which has led us to this day? When President Reagan made free trade a policy, we did nothing to change the closed trade tax structure, now we have watched our manufacturing base dwindle. Most American cars are assembled here, but the parts are to some degree overseas imports.
How about joining up on the Fair Tax Plan and get this Country back to work. All other is but what has failed in the past to permamently fix us fiscally and will not prosper we the people.
The Card check Bill is also hiding provisions for Abortion advocates in that it will make many laws in the states void, such as waiting period, parental notification, etc. Of course that is unconstitutional as is the card check part of the Bill, but no one ever invokes constitutional powers, do they? If you ignore one part of the Law as a government, you ignore all of the Law.
The Fair Tax only works in a perfect world where all of the laws are enforced perfectly and not broken. In reality, the Fair Tax would create such a large black market for virtually all goods that our eceonomy would be huge shape and law-abiding citizens would get unfairly penalized.
As for the tax structure and the problems with America’s domestic manufacturing, Mitt has been very outspoken on those issues as well. Just do a search on a search engine and you’ll find a plethera of information. I’m with ya though, those are both problems to be sure.
Finally, let’s all get our friends to at least sign up at this site for updates from the McDonnell campaign and at http://www.freestrongamerica.com for updates on Mitt Romney’s Political Action Committee which is working night and day to help conservative candidates in 2010.
I’m no fan of the Fair Tax, first of all. Speaking as a matter of percentages, under the Fair Tax, the middle class pays more in taxes. You take one guy who makes $20,000 a year and another who makes $200,000 a year, both who go out to buy a gallon of milk. The first guy pays a higher percentage of his income than the second.
Second, I’m a strong supporter of the rebranding effort that Governor Romney and Representative Eric Cantor are leading; I just think it needs to be more of a prebranding effort, returning to the founding principles of the GOP. Teddy Roosevelt, for example, didn’t know or care about global warming; he worked to preserve the environment because that was simply the right thing to do.
Finally, I’ve tried, through my blog A Free Exchange of Ideas, to raise awareness of the Virginia Governor’s race because I feel this is a great time for the Old Dominion to set the course for public debate in this country. On energy, health care, education, and especially the economy, we can show the country the positive effects that strong conservative values can have for all of us. I’m proud to see Mitt Romney, whom I’ve always admired, taking part in that debate.
Mark, I would hardly think today’s tax structure is enforced very well at all. How many are under the table, illegal immigrant or cheaters avoiding child support, etc. This is to not even delve into the number of Lobbyists whose position is to create legislation to hide rich men’s income loop holes. It is insulting to say that the fairtax would be less then the evil system we presently have and to want to tweak it to call it better is foolish at the \very least, deceptive at the worst.
Stephen, your example of how the FairTax would be higher on a lower income family or person shows how you are following without implying any study. The fairtax has a built in prebate program that returns the amount that would be tax up to poverty wage ceiling to everybody. Fairtax will be a tax haven to the poor and low income. It would cause the rich to pay their fair share based on their lifestyle of spending and it would be an advantage to the poor and those who would prefer to recycle goods as there is no tax on used items.
The IRS Tax Code is very destructive to America and it is a albatross on most of the people. How else have we come to a point where one % of the people own 50% of the wealth?
Speaking of Mr. Romney, I will be gracious to not say the truth. If Mr. McDonnell puts his eggs all in the Romney basket, he will most likely lose the primary.
The great thing about being rich, Mr. Dunn, is that you don’t HAVE to do anything. While “the rich” may still need to buy everyday items like milk and bread domestically, if they don’t like the sales tax on more expensive items, then they can still buy it foreign for less. The U.S. couldn’t, at that point, simply raise tariffs and import taxes, because foreign governments would retaliate and make it more difficult to sell our products to the world.
Or, in the alternative, if we were to assume that the FairTax would not apply to domestically-produced goods sold abroad, then “the rich” would simply go abroad and buy American products without having to pay the FairTax. And if we were to assume that the FairTax WOULD apply to such items, then we would lose customers abroad who would be less likely to buy American at the inflated prices.
The fact is, “the rich” will always find a way around paying taxes, if they are so inclined. Grand talk of shifting the tax burden onto the rich is just that: grand talk. The progressive tax structure has been around since the days of Lincoln. Those who make more already pay a higher percentage of their income than those who make less. Most of the country doesn’t even pay federal taxes at all, and that’s NOT counting unscrupulous tax cheats.
Very true Mr. Monteith. If the rich went overseas to buy American goods, to which are tax exempt for import under the Fair Tax Plan, they would be then needing to pay a import tax equal to that of any import being imported for sale, I suppose. It is not protectionism to insist that goods being imported be charged the same equal rate of tax that domestic products have to pay which is exactly the folly we are now living under and will keep living under with any continuance of the current tax structure to include flat tax.
If we are already at the breaking point of more non-paying tax payers then paying voting, don’t you think that is a huge issue? It won’t be long before the working stop due to lack of incentive, a paycheck or profit. If we do not change now, it will be a strange day coming.
As to cheaters avoiding their tax on goods bought, do you think it will even come close to the fraud we have today? Treasury Secretary Geithner got to be that while having cheated on his taxes. How many other inside the beltway loop are doing the same or across the nation? Only those who are getting a fixed paycheck are having to pay their tax manditorially and thus not cheating. Fairness in transparency is needed and what we have today is destroying this Great Nation.
Incidentally, the progressive income tax is exactly what Karl Marx thought to be the greatest tool for communism. The Fair Tax offer for progressive tax burden is very fair and complete to everyone, whether you are rich or poor, work or not. American citizens are teapartying because they see the big picture now, especially after the September 2088 bailout fraud. Enacting the Constitution on every Bill proposed and going to the Fair Tax Plan will provide an avenue of protecting our Constitution and our heritage of liberty and freedom known around the world and History as being the greatest ever experienced. Why would anyone turn their back on this truth, and for what?
The road to making any independent decisions for Virginia by Virginians lay through the road of relieving the state of federal regulations and mandates. Bob McDonnell should help lead the effort in resurrecting a state sovereignty resolution, and he should support efforts by the state legislators to forge a law intended as an attempt to overturn Wickard vs Filburn in a Supreme Court showdown.
That court case is the root of federal regulations within all states. Any true Republican and conservative should believe in a drastically reduced Federal government, and this is a prime way to do it.