Yet the Hoovers in government keep insisting on higher taxes to finance fat government bureaucracies. Our tax codes are unfair, inefficient, and preposturously obscure. High sales taxes penalize the poor the most. Good government should not steal from labor what they rightly earn. Greater revenues cannot happen without economic expansion.
All government needs to drastically downsize.
Privatization and Audits - All government contracts should be reviewed for better deals and to see whether privatization is a viable option. Repeal of sales taxes on housing construction materials such as fixtures, paint, wood, windows, insulation, etc., would help stimulate housing construction and keep costs low. Tax incentives for leasing vacant commercial space at below market rates. Such a credit would not only help owners rent now unrentable space and stay out of debt, but also help entrepreneurs establish or expand businesses, thereby creating jobs. To facilitate doing business and to hasten recovery in poverty-ridden neighborhoods, we should grant automatic rebuilding rights without permit for disaster victims, as well as automatic temporary use rights for businesses that are casualty victims to operate on site in trailers and temporary structures.