Smaller Government or Less Spending

The United States is in a new movement.    We want a smaller government. However, before we try to reduce the size of the government, let’s think about one thing first.  Are we reducing government spending or the size of government?

Government agencies are needed today to protect people’s rights and check their responsibilities.   If we reduce the size of the government, we probably will reduce people’s access to our laws protecting them.

The main goal of government is protecting people’s rights.  Reducing government through spending cuts will definitely not be enough.  If anybody thinks it will, they’re kidding ourselves.  However, it can be a start.  We have to reinvent our federal government with the same purpose:  protection of people’s rights and setting national goals.

People’s rights exist with their jobs, insurance, homes, water, environment, schools, public infrastructure, courts and voting.  These are all important areas of rights that have to be protected at all levels of government.

The only satisfactory change we can make to government is change how we pay for our services, cut waste, cut public payroll by 5 percent and reform taxes.  Taxes should mainly be imposed on consumption.  There should be one very small flat payroll tax as well as a business tax to help fund everything.  There is no need for all the taxes we pay.

Let’s be honest with ourselves about our government.  We need money to fund our government to protect our rights including our right to have freedom.  But we need a more balanced tax system to do it.