Issue: Taxes
Date: September 13, 2004
Author: Linda Kelsch

     I emphatically support cutting taxes dramatically. The original purpose for government was to protect the people from foreign invasion and from harming each other. The IRS has become a tyrannical ruler to which American citizens pay tribute. The tax and welfare systems smack of communistic government and is hurting the American economy.

     If elected, I will support implementing a system that would put taxes back in to the hands of the people, which would greatly strengthen the economy. With the private sector able to choose where the tax money goes, ineffective programs would phase out while badly needed effective programs could prevail through better funding of non-profit organizations that are already in place. In private enterprise, customers determine the market and businesses that have poor administration or poor product soon phase out. With ineffective government administration, citizens are simply taxed more. Since there is no competition, the product, services, and administration have no effective tool for checks and balances. Tax payers should ultimately determine the services needed through funding private non-profit organizations they choose rather than being forced to fund services against their needs, moral values, and interests. Non-governmental organizations and local non-profit organizations voluntarily funded by the private sector need more support and are more effective than government agencies in creating educational programs and encouraging citizens to take accountability for their environment and well being.

Linda Kelsch, candidate for Utah House District 53