If We Only Could Tax More People At Higher Levels – All Would Be Good In Nevada
By: Doug Busselman, Executive Vice President
After listening to the chorus of how much taxes we don’t have through most of the 2009 Nevada Legislative Session, efforts are underway to get the band back together for more of the same going forward for the 2011 session. Here’s a sample of what we can expect to hear more of. It will be interesting to see if there will be as much public honesty during the actual campaigns, or if we’ll be told one thing and then have a different line after the election is completed.
It was especially interesting to read in this editorial that our biggest problem is that we don’t have a state government that taxes enough, although we’d have to agree that if enough everybody’s were involved in doing the paying, we might be better off. Having said that, I doubt we’re talking about the same “everybody’s”. Normally, those advancing the broader tax base philosophy tend to point at just those involved with providing jobs and creating the economy.
The private/public sector partnership that’s envisioned is the private sector paying more and the public sector getting more to take. Again, it will be interesting to see how many candidates are so candid to suggest that’s what they believe needs to be the vision for making Nevada better.
As we prepare for the 2011 Legislative session we should be diligent in asking and listening to those who would like to go to Carson City to represent us. Those who believe so strongly in greater levels of state spending and bigger government bureaucracies as the solution need to be identified and dealt with in November of 2010.
After listening to the chorus of how much taxes we don’t have through most of the 2009 Nevada Legislative Session, efforts are underway to get the band back together for more of the same going forward for the 2011 session. Here’s a sample of what we can expect to hear more of. It will be interesting to see if there will be as much public honesty during the actual campaigns, or if we’ll be told one thing and then have a different line after the election is completed.
It was especially interesting to read in this editorial that our biggest problem is that we don’t have a state government that taxes enough, although we’d have to agree that if enough everybody’s were involved in doing the paying, we might be better off. Having said that, I doubt we’re talking about the same “everybody’s”. Normally, those advancing the broader tax base philosophy tend to point at just those involved with providing jobs and creating the economy.
The private/public sector partnership that’s envisioned is the private sector paying more and the public sector getting more to take. Again, it will be interesting to see how many candidates are so candid to suggest that’s what they believe needs to be the vision for making Nevada better.
As we prepare for the 2011 Legislative session we should be diligent in asking and listening to those who would like to go to Carson City to represent us. Those who believe so strongly in greater levels of state spending and bigger government bureaucracies as the solution need to be identified and dealt with in November of 2010.
Posted by Doug Busselman at 8/3/2009 8:01 AM 
Categories: Nevada
Tags: State Spending Nevada Tax Structure Nevada Budgets
Categories: Nevada
Tags: State Spending Nevada Tax Structure Nevada Budgets
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