One of the most important powers that Government has is the power to tax and it seems to me that this is a power about to get out of control. Our nation is in recession and we are going to see states have problems making their budgets work.When this happens all of us know that tax increases are on the way. This will turn out to be a vicious circle, as unemployment rises tax revenues decrease, this causes the state to in turn want to raise taxes As taxes go up many business will have to lay off more people which in turn causes tax revenue to go down. This process raises some questions in my mind. If I lose income in my life I must tighten my belt and figure out how to get by on less, but not the state their solution is as always raise taxes.Something must be done to change this mindset of our state representatives and they must understand that we the people will not tolerate tax increases in hard times. I believe that in order to get this done me must change the way that we run the government budget process and we must make it more difficult for our elected officials to raise taxes.

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Hello to all who will read this as you can tell by the blog, my name is Rick Marlar and I intend to run for State Senate in the 45 district of Iowa in 2010. I will be running as an Independent candidate because the two parties who control our political process are, in my opinion, the reason for the conditions of our country and our state. The Republicans and the Democrats do not want to solve the problems that exist today because if they did, then we the people would not look to them for the answers. It is a fact that when problems exist , people turn to government. The Founders of our country knew that the answer to the issues of the day must be solved by the people of that day. Today our government wants to put costly patches on problems and pass the cost on to future Americans who might not even be born yet. The main purpose of Government today is control, and that should not be. Government should not be involved in social issues to the point of spending tax dollars. Should I be elected to the Iowa Senate, my main function will be to make government smaller in every way. Less taxes, and less control on peoples lives. Over the next sixteen months, I will be laying out an issue by issue account of what I would like to see changed in our wonderful state.
I will not just be talking in platitudes but I intend to deal with the issues of the day with an in depth manner.Please feel free to join in with the debate because all ideas are welcome here.