The tax rebate proposal is an admission that taxes are too high.

More money in the hands of the consumer is the stimulus that the economy needs.

Make the stimulus permanent by making the tax cuts permanent.

The demand for tax dollars is driven by the supply of government, the reverse of the principle that disciplines the private sector, the engine of prosperity in America.

This oversized, inefficient government is a drag on the economy. Every Democrat in the presidential race is calling for more oversized, inefficient government to remedy the problems caused by oversized, inefficient government.

The definition of stupidity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.

The “change” that we need is a much smaller government at all levels - state, local and federal.

There would be corresponding growth in the private sector because more scarce capital would be available for “growing” a larger economy.

You cannot have a large, inefficient government competing with the private sector for the rewards of the economic system and expect it to work. You cannot and should not fund large, inefficient government through the sacrifices made by the hard work and efficiency of the private sector.

It flies in the face of all the principles this great nation was founded upon.

Thomas Jefferson said, “A wise and frugal government ... that does not take bread from the mouths of labor that has earned it, this is the sum of good government.” I most heartily agree.

David Steigerwald

Auburn