The presidential follies

I know, I know, I know.

You've all been waiting patiently (well most of you) for me to weigh in on The Race.

Having been inundated with pleas, demands, and several rather rude requests I will acquiesce and give you what you so desire.

Akshelly, you already know where I stand.

I am for the person who has read the Constitution and will actually govern in accordance with it.












STOP booing!!!

So which of the candidates best matches my concept of limited government?

At this time I will only comment on candidates and their positions on specific issues.

So let's dive in shall we?

Consider Fred Thompson. From his website:

"The U.S. tax code is broken and a burden on U.S. taxpayers and businesses, large and small. Today’s tax code is particularly hostile to savings and investment, and it shows. To make matters worse, its complexity is a drag on our productivity and economic growth. Moreover, taxpayers spend billions of dollars and untold hours each year filling out complicated tax returns, just so they can send more money to Washington, much of it for wasteful programs and the pet projects of special interests. We need lower taxes, and we need to let taxpayers keep more of their hard-earned dollars—they know best where and how to spend them. And we need to make the system simpler and fairer for all. To ensure America’s long term prosperity and economic security, I am committed to:
Fundamental tax reform built on the principles of simplicity, fairness, and growth.
A new tax code that gets the government out of our citizens’ pocketbooks, while enhancing U.S. competitiveness abroad.
Dissolution of the IRS as we know it. "

Well now! This bit of prose (which obligates him to do nothing if actually elected) does indeed give me the warm fuzzies.

Counterpoint:
"Fundamental tax reform built on the principles of simplicity, fairness, and growth."
This word is not very reassuring. What I think 'fairness' means and what politicians think it means has never been the same. It is most often a code word for (in my opinion) 'unfair'.

If he means that he wants us all to be assessed taxes at the same percentage without differing rates just because I cross some arbitrary tax boundary where I suddenly am, in some officious idiot's mind, making "too much money" or defining 57,349,231.67 different exemptions which I must pay someone to wade through just to find my "proper" tax bill or setting up tax breaks/incentives to engage in activity that some collection of pimpous, balloon headed, morons thinks is swell (whose only qualifications in life are that they are really good at begging for money and have no ethical foundation whatsoever), then I would support his position.




and yes pimpous is a word. See pompous + pimp