Though I may no longer be a Chesterfield resident, my heart
still skips a beat when I think of all my friends and companions in the
struggle to keep the county out of the comprehensive hands of the tax man.
Why is there a need for greater and greater revenues? Why can’t we cut a little here and cut a
little there to fund any growth we need anywhere else.
Is the County government really trying to say people aren’t
taxed enough already? Why do we have a
fully staffed planning office; yet, when the county government wants a new plan
they have to call in outside experts to do a job most people don’t want done.
A meals tax will not enhance the competitive power of
Chesterfield restaurants. Bond issues
have to be repaid and it is always seems to be a mystery who gets to buy the
bonds and reap the interest.
In a larger context, the national surge in Progressive power
is fast making us perpetually-watched wage slaves, who make enough to pay our
taxes, keep ourselves alive, and buy enough gas to get back to work to do it
again.
In 2009, so many of us stood up and yelled, "We are Taxed Enough
Already". Then we worked so hard
in 2010 to make a difference. It is not
time now to fall back asleep. It is not
time to relax our vigilance. If we do
not hold our elected officials accountable, if we do not demand that they show
us what is going on inside our government, then we will have no one to blame
besides ourselves for allowing the connected few to plunder the unmotivated
majority through higher taxes and growing debt.
Dr. Owens teaches History, Political Science, and
Religion. He is the Historian of the
Future @ http://drrobertowens.com © 2013
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