Personal Wealth Federal government should stay out of the marketplace I was deeply concerned about the drift toward a more powerful federal government. I was particularly outraged by two pieces of legislation, the Natural Gas Policy Act and the Fuel Use Act. It seemed to me that elite central planners were determining the course of our nation. Allowing the government to dictate the price of natural gas was a move toward European-style socialism. If the federal government were going to take over the natural gas business, what would it set its sights on next? Simplify tax code to stimulate economic growth Bush said he would present a plan for a flatter and simpler tax code. He said the principal goal of his tax plan is to stimulate economic growth and productivity. A second goal is to return government surpluses to taxpayers, once basic needs of society have been met.More job training; R&D tax credits Gov. Bush supports the following principles concerning the economy and employment. Reduce state government regulations on the private sector in order to encourage investment and economic expansion Increase funding for state job-training programs that re-train displaced workers or teach skills needed in todays job market. Bush notes that he proposed tax credits for companies to invest in research and development and a franchise tax cut for small business. The surest way to bust economy is Gores enlarged government. Bush thinks that the surest way to bust this economy is to increase the role and the size of the federal government. The Senate Budget Committee did a study of Gores expenditures: it could conceivably bust the budget by $900 billion. That means hes either going to have to raise your taxes by $900 billion or go into the Social Security surplus for $900 billion. Gore what hes quoting is not the Senate Budget Committee, it is a partisan press release by the Republicans. And as for the surest way to threaten our prosperity, having a ...
