Conservatives

Conservative opinions call for less spending and lower taxes. Those opinions are criticized by Democrats and Liberals. Currently little attention is paid to our national debt. Even our New Jersey local, and state governments look to raise taxes. The critics of Conservatives want to raise taxes to finance all government spending and more programs. Conservatives rightly object to government waste. Conservatives object to the National Debt which has been growing for decades. A debt growth reason includes Interest on the debt. Taxes paid to the government fall short because of the high numbers of people vacant from the work force. Small business is impacted by the drain of taxes and restrictive government. The government monies borrowed from Social security help to balloon the debt. Over the decades we have had; Johnson's war on poverty, the TARP and like programs that take investment from the private sector.

To reduce the debt our federal budget must be reduced. It currently exceed the Gross Domestic Product. Washington can begin by eliminating or reducing unnecessary programs. There are fourteen Cabinets directly controlling 81 Agencies, Administrations, etc. Also not included are 88 Government agencies; The National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Government Ethics (truly an oxymoron), US Trade and Development Agency. The IRS is one of the number of Treasury Department Bureaus. Recently we witnessed the IRS’s exercise of political powers against groups in opposition to the Obama Adminiistraation. Look at the list of government functions, and tell which cannot be eliminated without harm to the citizens of the United States.