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Taxpayer Bill Of Rights

With the elections looming it is time to frame the debate.

I’ll be emailing this Bill of Rights to all running for office and asking them to take the pledge, the results will be posted and have a special link on this website. Including all those who did not respond.

Clearly our Government is badly mis-managing our economy and driving businesses out, and if there is one overriding Law of Economics they our elected employees must understand, our wealth is drived from business.

Without business there are no wages/salaries, no taxes and no funds to run government. The evidence of the failure of Government is clear.

Businesses and our youth are leaving.

We now depend on immigration to prop our economy up.

Use the “Contact Your Rep/Senator” link and email this to your Rep/Senator and let them know they need to take the pledge.

We must take our Government back. Our Government has clearly demonstrated a gross incompetence on fiscal matters. They treat our state like their own private social experiment. We have had it.

1) Right Of Referendum

The citizens shall have the right by petition to create and change existing laws.

2) Spending Cap

Spending shall not be increased such that total spending is greater than 3% of the citizens wealth. This includes all expenditures of state government including all those off budget items.

3) Read The Bill

All bills shall be posted in their entirely on the Internet for at least one week prior to voting. Any changes made to the bill after the one week period has started shall require a new one week period to be started. This will prevent those 2 AM budget buster bills where all sorts of stuff gets thrown in. This essentially takes away the excuse, “I got it 5 minutes before the vote, I didn’t know …… was in it”. This forces our government to work responsibly and get it’s work done in an effective manner. There could be a clause allowing for emergency bills given a natural disaster or war if the Governor declares it.

4) Right Of Public Comment On Potential Laws

In conjunction with the posting of bills at least one week prior to voting. The public shall be allowed to publicly comment on the Internet, on the same website and linked to the posted bill.

5 ) Right Of Recall

The citizens shall have the right by petition to call for a new election of any elected official. Hear that Iowian Senator Dodd?

6) GAAP

The state shall conduct accounting by Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (GAPP).

I miss Ella Grasso.

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