How do we create jobs and a stable tax base, my solution.

My opponents, in my opinion are all good decent people. They have all promised to fight any new taxes. I believe we are on the same page on this topic, yet I believe it goes further than that. For Nevada to create jobs and tax revenue we need to reduce the taxes, fee and regulations that have been put in during the last ten years of the government bubble. You see what has been missing in this debate is the fact that government grew along with the housing, financial and banking bubbles. Well it is clear that those bubbles were based on money that was not really there. How then can we then justify the maintaining of taxes that government has put in place over the last decade? My Goal is a simple one, we have to increase capitol not only in the business community but at the individual level as well, That means all these fees that our state has put into place, from drivers license, fishing electricity, water and others need to be reversed if not removed. We are all struggling; we will not be able to grow again until we can find a place that is not continuing to put stress on our individuals and our families. We have to have a tax holiday and a real look at what has been put in place during this bubble. I stand for lower taxes, along with fighting new ones. Nevadans can no longer afford to pay a dollar of tax revenue and get five cents of benefit. We need to strongly look at what and how our government spends our tax money. I regret that some will lose government jobs, but either we create an atmosphere that again builds the private sector and creates more than just government jobs. Or we will continue down this road where we are all at the beck and call of Government for all of our needs. I will continue to fight for the individual and lower cost for all, not just continue the game of politics that we currently have.

Can we continue without being civil toward each other

To anyone who has read what I believe, you might agree or you might disagree. You still have that right, for I am tolerant of others and are willing to listen and maybe just learn from others. Yet I am finding that the rift between the Far Left and Far Right is growing. The problem is that we are no longer tolerant of each other and that truly scares me. We seem incapable of having a civil discussion without it becoming personal. This has happen before and has never had a good ending. I believe this next election will be on the person and not who that person knows. I believe that we need to elect someone who can talk to both sides, for I believe that the truth is not being given a chance to be heard. I believe we need to truly discuss these topics during this election. We can no longer elect someone who has the right look, or drives the right car, or has the right endorsements. This is going to get ugly, we need to look at everyone and pick the person who has the ability to get both sides to the table and find common ground. These are the topics I believe in, that would have the maximum benefit to all Nevadans.


• Government's growth during the bubble cannot be sustained; I propose downsizing government back to the levels of January 1, 2000. Radical I know, but we need to give everyone a chance to regroup, and we need to find a balance where everyone had a chance to breathe economically.

• The taxes, fees and regulations that have been put in place over the last ten years, are stifling any economic growth due to the reduction in economic activity. The realization is that the rates have not gone down, but economic activity and profit margins have. Nevada needs to go back and cut programs, policies, taxes and fees that have hurt our economic condition.

• With the real potential of further increases from our nation’s capitol, such as a national sales tax, cap in trade, and higher energy cost. Nevada needs to separate itself from the current big government mentality and give business, both large and small hope that its business models will find profitability in Nevada. This alone will help stabilize our economy by giving people from across the nation a safe haven to move to. this will stabilize our housing and business community

• Jobs can only be created by all of us building capitol. With all of us having lost equity in our homes, and many of us being upside down on our mortgages. Not only our neighbors but our locally owned businesses are trying to survive right now. Nevadans can no longer view that capitol can only be built from outside this state. Lower cost on all of us will help the average Nevadan survive this economic downturn.

This is my stance, this is what I believe. I am not only offering lower cost to the biggest companies, but to everyone. I regret that some in state government will lose their jobs, but I would rather them have a vibrant economy so they would have job choices, than the stagnant economy that we find ourselves in presently. I am not doing away with taxes, just lowering them to a place we all can start moving forward again. For to have a stable economy in Nevada we need to have all of us share in this next growth cycle. If we continue to grow government we will have only a limited few enjoy the next harvest from this economy. I will not stand for that. I am willing to give my life, my name and my fortune in this endeavor.

Health care revisited

This fundamental change that our President promised is beginning to take shape. It would appear to be an Europeanization of our country. We now have increased the movement away from self reliance to one of collective dependence. I understand that people in hard times cannot afford to pay for health care. To have the Government pay for a commodity like health insurance seems like a compassionate way to deal with rising cost. But what are the real cost, and who really benefited? What decisions were just made for us, and why? I am someone who understands the market. With higher cost we saw individuals retreat from paying those higher health care cost and giving up having insurance. Businesses took away that benefit due to the high cost. As individuals began to go without insurance the natural consequence would have been an economic force to reduce the cost of insurance in order to increase the number of people who have health insurance. Insurance companies and health care providers have fixed cost, and need to have a steady revenue stream to continue operations. A reduction in the numbers who have insurance due to rising cost would have naturally lowered the price of insurance, not increased it. So what was the story that we told. We were told that if we did nothing that the cost would continue to rise, well that is a lie. Insurance and Health care providers need us to have insurance and would have to reduce the cost to increase the numbers of people partaking of that commodity of health insurance. As we saw after the bill was passed the insurance companies stock rose on that news, because the government has now forced us to have insurance and will fine us if we do not. The real result is that we just bailed out the insurance companies. I would have increased competition , and allowed for more to compete in the insurance market, by increasing competition for both the individual, businesses and a increase in insurance providers the price would have gone down and the need to have big brother takeover would never have been needed. Silly me, I forgot that we own AIG now; It is all beginning to become clear to me now. Corruption is alive and well in Our Big Government. Thanks President Obama




The problem with the progressive argument is that we can be more efficient and care for more through a collective system. That by its pure nature is to weaken the whole, so we can better take care of the individual. I whole heartily disagree. I believe that a strong society is built on a strong individual, and the social benefit of a higher taxation and larger government never appears and will only reduce individual freedom, and take individual choice away and give it to a third party. Yes I will admit that by giving such a high degree in individual freedom, we as a society also accept the fact that individuals will fail. I would argue that the human soul cannot advance if do not let it learn and grow through failure. By having a nanny state mentality we have taken away much of what makes us a human. We have allowed our failures to not affect our lives, and we have allowed our citizens to wallow in mediocrity. We are moving past a French form of Government and toward to a soviet form of governing. I guess we can still have our Vodka, and Bread lines? Well Thank you progressives, you are so smart.

Is there more money out there to tax?

Is there more money out there to tax? It would seem the media and those progressive members of our legislature believe that there is. If you have read my blog you know where I stand on this. The debate that we have not had is the one that questions if we have grown government beyond our ability to pay for it. Our leaders who continue to deny this want to enter into a system of taxation that will follow Those who has not yet been hit with tax increases, this is a policy of greed and envy. Now Mining and property taxes seem to be in the mix. I have lived here in Nevada for over thirty years now, and I am fully aware that mining is an up and down business. Depending on the price of Gold, silver and other mineral goods we have a system of boom and bust in our rural communities. Are we to reduce the boom periods by increasing the cost on these multinational companies? These companies currently have shown us that they are more than willing to close down operations, and wait till it is profitable to harvest the minerals.




Can we afford increases in property tax, with Nevada leading the nation in foreclosures; I think this too is an area that we need to avoid. This state is losing population to California; we have seen the closure of locally owned businesses that have been around for decades. Our ability to bring capitol to grow our economy has taken a big hit. And in this light, our officials want to increase cost and lower the profitability of living and working in this great state. This war on the Nevada tax payer needs to have a spokesman that believes that Government is far too big, too cumbersome and too invasive toward our ability to improve the human condition of its citizens. Again I propose a reduction in all state tax rates, fees, permits, regulatory oversight and policy back to a level that we can operate our lives and find that balance between services and our ability to prosper. The Date I would propose is January 1, 2000. Yes I know that it is over a decade, but I am not saying remove all taxes, just a reduction in all personal, property and business rates and fees. I know that this would initially hurt our tax base even further, yet I believe that capitol, and individuals would quickly begin to prosper and grow again. I want this on the ballot so the people of this state can regain some level of control from our elected officials. We need to again take control of our political process and take away the influence some of our lobbyist now have over the process.

Letter to our Educators, and our Elected officials

Dear Educators and elected officials,


I am sorry that the economic pain we the areas parents have been feeling these last two years have finally hit you. I understand your worries, The parents in your district have also been worried. For our income, savings, and home values have been cut in half. The taxes and fees that you have imposed on us over the last ten years to fund education has taken a greater bite out of our ability to live and flourish. Friends that have operated businesses in the area are closing their doors and neighbors are leaving and returning to California. Many of us that own businesses have had to take second and third part time jobs to help make it. We have had to reduce spending at our own households, and teach our children the difference between wants and needs. Personally my two businesses that I have operated for nearly thirty years have become a hobby without the ability to pay me for nearly two years. Yet for those of us in the private sector, Who have made majors cuts, we cannot support your efforts. I feel that many of you have been sheltered from the effects that many of us find ourselves in. I do not want to cause you any pain, yet if we do not all share in this economic reversal we will have a system of haves and haves not, that for all the political rhetoric, we find the rift growing farther and farther apart.

This is a time to embrace the present, and be in full agreement that the future has not yet been written. The economic health of the present, will to a great degree dictate what that future will hold. I am not in agreement with your position that we need to hold the line on spending and find new tax revenues. The business community is reeling at the moment. we have not yet found a bottom and to continue to place economic pressure on business models that are currently not producing a profit. this belief of yours will only continue to erode our ability to ensure that there will be funding to continue to pay your salaries. Some of you will have to go, for that I am sorry, just as sorry as I was when I had to close economic doors that had paid me for twenty eight years. We have to find a point that we can begin to find a balance, a balance between public services and economic prosperity. Until then we are in a era of economic uncertainty, that will continue to erode our social programs, and trust.

A plan of action

What are we to do as small business people in Nevada, or should I say the country. We are demonized by the far left as blood sucking leaches that pray on society. While the progressive Republicans and Democrats view those of us in the middle class as a necessary evil and develop policy the grease for the wheels with our toil and sweat. What to do, what to do? I believe the solution is rooted in our American history. The balance of powers that our founders looked for is the key. The problem is we are out of balance.








First some things that most people do not understand, Far too many times Government is used by Big business to restrict competition, so when we speak of a free market, we have not had one of those in many years. The lines between market forces and political forces have blurred. The rise in the growth of Government too many times hurts a small business owner from advancing. And the Left needs to think about this. They continue to argue that higher taxes are the solution, but if the systems if set up that has a regressive effect on the bottom end of our economy, any growth will have a negative effect on our economy. You see they need us to prosper so we can buy not only from your neighbors but from them as well. Higher taxes have a disproportionate effect on the people that the far left says it wants to help. I fully understand that people will say that we are throwing out the good with the bad, but we have little choice at the moment.





Therefore, I propose my first solution and that is to repeal and reverse all taxes, fees and regulations to the level we had in June 1, 2000. I believe an initiative on this year’s ballot is required; my reasons are simple, not simplistic. We the People must demand our own Stimulus package and remove it from the hands of our elected officials. Just as business overreached Government too, was caught up in massive growth. Just as business lost focus on cost and profitability so too did government grow without focus on the consequences many of these policies, taxes and fees had on the middle class and our economic liberty? The economy has been forcibly reset. The tree has been shaken and we now live in a new reality, it is time for Government to reset as well, not in a more invasive mode but in a lighter one. Society will only survive if we the individual have the capability to be the first line of defense in the battle of economic liberty. We seem to have leaders that want to weaken the individual to promote the society as a whole. I do not see that logic. By weakening the strong, we do not elevate the weak. The old Soviet Union is a prime example of the consequences of that policy. It did not bring an enlightened class, or a benefit of the whole; it did however bring despair. It lead to an elite class that corrupted the society as a whole, I will not stand for that in this country.





Second, we need to establish a pay as you go system that is combined with a sunset requirement to all laws and regulations put forth from this day forward. This would allow for two important aspects. First it would require an evaluation to taxes, fees and regulations enacted by the legislature that would require a higher degree of self evaluation on job performance. Second it would minimize negative effects of politically motivated issues that have a negative effect on our economy. This is my two step plan, simple and too the point.

Have our elected officials totally rejected Nevada's ability to grow from within

I just saw an interview with Reno's Mayor Cashell. I have met Mayor Bob more than once. He is very likable and jovial. Yet last night in an interview of the pending budget cuts, he mentioned that Reno needed to work with EDAWN to try to bring new business to the state and the city of Reno. I will give him that any help will be beneficial, yet should be not begin with those of us that are still here. Nevada has for the first time lost population, well I know many neighbors that are looking on moving back to California. That above all should tell us how far off we are on public policy. California is bankrupt, and people are choosing to move over the hill for a better way of life. We are over taxed and over regulated. This added time and effort to try to make a living has become too much for many in this area. Our elected officials seem to be willing to continue the policy to build castles rather than help us build towns and cities. We need to tell our elected officials to stop trying to hit a home run and just try to get people on base. Develop who and what we have in this state first, and stop the continuation of a failed policy.