Better Plan for Mississippi's Economy

Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 14, 2010

Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Has Better Plan for Mississippi’s Budget

Key lawmakers want to cut state agencies and programs even more in order to meet the mandate of our state constitution for a balanced budget, while continuing to ignore the fact that every time that government lowers taxes, government ends up with more revenue. They want to use $56.3M of the state’s health care trust fund. I thought that money was supposed to go for teaching kids not to use tobacco – a goal which I support. They want to cut the budget for higher learning and keep K-12 funding the same. I have other ideas which I think will work better.

First, bring in a Mississippi version of the FairTax. Presently, the Mississippi Department of Revenue (MS DOR, formerly known as the Mississippi State Tax Commission) collects 75 different taxes. The Mississippi FairTax would reduce that number to one – the sales tax. It would lower the sales tax to five percent. And it would close down the MS DOR. The people presently employed at the MS DOR who actually work would still have jobs at whatever agency sales tax would be transferred to – like the state treasurer’s office, for example.

Second, cut education completely out of the state budget and turn it over to the private sector. That’s not as crazy as it might sound to some people. The private sector, as a whole, would give a better education to your child at a much lower cost, and we currently spend 60 percent of our state budget on it. The only people in government who don’t want to get government out of education are the ones who want to indoctrinate our children and keep control over all of us. We home school, and it is working great.

Third, cut every program and expenditure that our state constitution doesn’t allow to the state government, and trust churches, non-profit groups, families, and individuals to take care of those needs – better than government can.

Implementing a Mississippi FairTax and eliminating all unconstitutional programs and spending is something that you won’t hear politicians promoting, but it will increase revenues, create jobs, and leave more of our own hard-earned money in our own pockets, so we can choose what to do with it – not government bureaucrats. Now, isn’t that a good idea?