A smaller government is my goal.
During my lifetime, the government has gone from issuing driver’s licenses to an entity that endeavors to control everything that I own and everything I do, especially in Washington state. This means tax everything, and then discover that “everything taxes” are not enough.
The federal government shutdown requires the federal government to set priorities and determine what services are “not essential,” to be shut down, and what services are “essential” and must be maintained. The “not essential” services are not essential. Not essential services are not needed and should be eliminated.
Eventually, the federal government will be restarted and “essential” employees will be paid. That will be a good time to take notice of what “not essentials” we got along without and what “not essential” services could be eliminated in order to take a bite out of our multi-trillion-dollar deficits.
The Tenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution limits the powers of the government, and here is the opportunity to observe some limits.
The editorial page commentary by Zac Eckstein, chairman of the Lewis County Democratic Party, presents a welcome opportunity to learn how Washington state Democrat leaders think, since Democrats control our state government. His point seems to be that rich people are evil and should not be allowed to control their wealth. Of course, voters who sign initiatives Democrats don’t like are “marks, coerced into signing.” I guess he thinks I am stupid for disagreeing with him.
I realize that most Democrats wish the best for Washington state citizens. My disagreement is that Democrat leaders seem to want all things to be done by the government using unlimited taxation. And of course the way to do this is to get more from the evil rich. And of course Democrat leaders are running out of money. And of course Democrat leaders in fact tax everybody.
Mike Kimbrel
Oakville
