As a conservative, I’m just starting to check out the line up of candidates and it’s nice to see that there is lots of courage on my side of the aisle this election season. More than I can say for the D’s. In my humble opinion, the guy in office at this moment needs removal and many of his policies need reversal. I don’t mean just left dangling in the wind with no funding. I mean legislation that flat out says we are repealing this legislation and this legislation. I’m looking for something clear and direct, even if the reason is only that we can’t afford it. Isn’t that what corporations and households do? We can’t build the new office building because it’s not in the budget this year. We can’t buy the new car because we can’t afford it right now.
But wait, that may be too clear cut for the political world. They like to complicate the landscape, making us believe they are smarter than we, leaving us to conclude that it may be best to leave that world to those who know better. That’s crap! It’s time to simplify politics.
I, for one, am tired of hearing the same old lines from these people when they’re running for office. We’ve talked about simplifying the outrageous tax code for years, but we’ve done the opposite. It’s this giant, inefficient, unfair green monster with tentacles that sits on the back of every working American company and individual. It’s been stifling me all of my life, both as an individual and as a small business owner. Where’s my gun?
So, I was looking at some of these candidates. Romney? In the end, no. There’s that mandatory health care thing in Massachusetts that I just can’t support or trust that he’ll not bring to light if elected. I’m too much of a Libertarian at heart with the soul of a Minuteman.
Think about your job. Have you ever experienced a time when your job and/or the rules that outline your work playing field were too complicated, were crossing over into other areas or had such an hierarchy of approval that nothing got done? It can leave you feeling frustrated, thinking you are not productive and never achieve anything of value in your career. That’s what our tax system is doing to the general business climate of this country as well as to each household.
I’ve looked at Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 plan. Even if you don’t vote on his side of the aisle, take a look at this plan. Talk about simplifying things, this plan could even the playing field both for business and individuals and boost productivity.
Isn’t that what we need in this country? We need to make things simpler so that the American economic engine, which just happens to be small business, can get moving again. When we make it easier for small business to provide products and services, you’ll find jobs being created because the fear factor will dissipate.
It may also take the “corporate greed” concept right out of the picture. Don’t get me wrong – I like corporations. They limit the liability of the owner and I happen to think that is a good thing. I also like the products and services they provide me. I have electricity, heat, a refrigerator to keep my food fresh, a car in which to go out into the world and conduct business, clothing that I don’t have to make myself, a computer on which to write this post and other technological gadgets that make my life easier.
Large corporations were once small businesses and even sole proprietors because that’s where they all start. I don’t believe we should penalize them for becoming successful. At the same time, I don’t believe we should be subsidizing them because this is where the people get hot under the collar, and rightfully so.
Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 plan would make them pay the same as everybody else. We’d all be paying the same regardless. This is less complicated and it levels the playing field making success available to anyone who wants to go for the brass ring. Of course, there will always be those in our society that want to be handed something for nothing, so clearly we need to do better in the way of economic education in our schools and at home.
