"$112 billion of the $179 billion stimulus dollars paid to date went towards ‘saving jobs’ in the public sector and to plug bleeding government budgets. Meanwhile, the private sector lost an additional 22,000 jobs in January '09."
No “holistic” approach has been taken with respect to the destructive tax impact imposed by the collective effect of 88,000 different taxpayer-supported public sector entities imposing ever-increasing taxes and incurring unlimited debt that must be paid by individuals and businesses in the private sector. Even with debt and deficits at historic levels, the federal government has plans to continue multi-trillions of dollars of deficit spending for the next decade. Many states are also at historic levels of deficit spending and yet do not reduce the inherent “cost of government” by eliminating or restraining the cost of unsustainable levels of pay and benefits for public sector employees. The disclosed “debt,” when added to generally undisclosed liability for retirement and entitlement programs, has created an insatiable need in virtually every government and public education entity for more taxes. Most public sector entities are seeking historic new levels of taxation on individuals and businesses, or threaten to eliminate or reduce essential government services. In addition to raising taxes at virtually every level, and allowing “the Bush tax cuts to expire”, Congress is seeking a new kind of tax, known as "Cap and Trade," based on the unproven and unsupportable premises that carbon dioxide causes climate change and that taxing Americans billions of dollars can create a solution.
Educate Voters on Implications of Fiscal Policies at Every Level in the Public Sector. We will educate voters on the realities of government debt, deficits, unrestrained spending and unsustainable levels of unfunded liabilities that are continuing to accrue.