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December 26, 2011

Letter: Government needs severe diet

What would you think if a stranger approached you on the street and said, “You owe me dinner and a place to sleep tonight”? That is precisely what 47 percent of the people in this country are saying. That is the percentage of people who take from taxpayers and are asked for nothing in return. If someone has a professed need that he can’t or won’t provide for himself and his family, it’s up to you to provide it. It isn’t your choice. The government will take your money and give it to those who claim to need it.

The Wall Street occupiers claim the capitalist system has failed because of “income inequality.” Their way to reverse this is a tax increase on the “Evil Rich” millionaires and billionaires. They seem unaware that the appeal of the U.S. to people who wish to immigrate here is they know they can begin with nothing and end up rich — that’s the “American dream.” Statistics prove that “the poor” seldom remain poor in the U.S. After a decade, the working poor have moved into the middle class. The ones who remain poor are those who depend on the government to provide for them.

The mantra of the president and the Democratic Party is “fairness.” “Fat cats need to pay their fair share.” But no one is willing to say what that is. If you earn a million dollars, what should you turn over to the government as your fair share? Is it 75 percent or 90 percent? If you earn $999,999 does that mean your fair share is less than a millionaire?

In the late 1970s, President Carter raised the Department of Energy and Department of Education to cabinet-level bureaucracies. In the ensuing years, neither department has fulfilled its stated mission. They have not lessened our dependence on foreign oil, and the status of education in the U.S. has fallen in comparison with other countries; both cost taxpayers billions of dollars. Are they worth it?

Dr. Donald Berwick, who is leaving as head of Medicare, told Congress that approximately one-third of federal health spending is wasted. The truth is our government has grown too large and bloated to provide adequate oversight for the trillions of dollars it spends which it collects from taxpayers. Hopefully, in the very near future voters will put this out-of-control government on a severe diet.



Ina Fay Manly

Dalton

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