I constantly hear those on the Right complain about the freeloaders and moochers who use the system to avoid actually working. Well, to all the commentators out there, let me explain my story in brief in a feeble attempt to break your close-mindedness. I am: White Male Middle Class College Educated In debt because of [...]
Archive for the ‘Taxation and Government Spending’ Category
How to Reduce Utah’s Budget – Drop Legislative Research
I do believe that I have come up with a true cost cutter for the state of Utah – eliminate the Office of Legislative Research and General Council as it is clearly an office that is not used by wise and insightful legislature. For those of you who do not know that LRGC is, don’t [...]
Bills to Watch: HB 217 – Income Tax Revisions, C. Wimmer
I swear, I did not set out to pick apart Carl Wimmer (R-Herriman-District 52) during this legislative session, it just seems to me that he is one of the worst legislators when it comes to drafting sound policy. I direct your attention to HB 217 – Income Tax Revisions. I want you all to think [...]
Bills to Watch: HB 196 – Tobacco Tax Revisions, P. Ray
This time last year, I was complaining about Representative Paul Ray’s (R-Clearfield-District 13) attempt to raise taxes on tobacco in the state. Well, I am back to complain again. Now, to be fair, Ray’s bill, HB 196 – Tobacco Tax Revisions, is a more toned down version of last years bill. This does not mean, [...]
You Gonna Eat That?
As clamor continues to rise around the possibility of raising the food tax, one has to wonder why Republicans are eager to reinstate this regressive tax. In an oh so unofficial poll issued by Fox news of “political insiders,” some 68 percent of Republicans (presumably legislators among them) say that they support reinstating the tax, [...]
Rubber Laws and Liquor
As the state is staring down a $1 Billion deficit, some difficult decisions have to be made regarding how we are going to balance our budget while still providing for the needs of the citizens of the state of Utah. To be sure, cuts are going to have to be made to make sure that [...]
Bills to Watch: H.J.R. 17 – Joint Resolution Urging Congressional And Presidential Opposition to Federal Bailouts and Promotion of Fiscal…
Yes, the title of this resolution is so long that blogger would not allow me to type the full name out… and, similarly, this resolution is so far off the deep end that I have to wonder if Representative Craig Frank (R – District 57, Cedar Hills) has run out of space in his mind [...]
Why we Need Government Spending in a Capitalistic System
With budgets tightening all around the country, the argument that Conservatives and Libertarians alike continue to push is an idea that the private sector is able to cover any any all issues associated with our societal needs. Indeed the capitalistic society we live in drills into our head day in and day out that it [...]
Bills to watch: H.B. 114 – Abortion Litigation Trust Amendments – K. Sumson
So who is up for taking on the Supreme Court?! Who wants to make sure that we as taxpayers are forced to pay the price?! Who wants to write a really bad law that does absolutely nothing to solve real problems on the ground?! What’s that, you, Representative Kenneth Sumsion (R – American Fork, District [...]
I Want to Know, Have you Ever Seen the Rain? The Rainy Day Fund
As I was reading Speaker Clark’s Blog concerning our current budget situation, I could not help but ask myself “why don’t we tap into the rainy day fund?” After all there was not one mention of it in the entire post. The only thing he could come up with is that we simply “come to [...]
