March 24th, 2013
http://www.presstelegram.com/breakingnews/ci_22853913/southern-california-regions-see-job-losses-uptick-unemployment
The headline on yesterday’s Long Beach Telegram
shouted out “unemployment in Los
Angeles county rises to 10.4%” – or something to that
extent. No doubt such
‘pleasant’ unemployment numbers were helped along by the new recent taxes
which were to be imposed on the state’s ‘rich’ citizens. Of course, we are all aware now that the
tax-happy politicians consider the ‘rich’ to be anyone that makes more than $20
per hour.
But the issue I wanted to highlight with this blog entry is
the correlation of higher taxes and the byproduct of less jobs as a result of
the higher taxes – for anyone that doesn’t see such a correlation, such as most
of the nation’s ‘liberal’ politicians, apparently. ‘Liberal’ politicians for some reason seem
too short-sighted to understand such a simplistic correlation. 'Liberal' politicians – when not acting to take
away rights from the citizenry, such as the freedom to smoke cigarettes or own
firearms – seem to know to do nothing but to endeavor to forever raise
taxes.
As an example of such economic and political visionary
problems, L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa was on the Sunday news talk shows this
morning (ABC Ch. 7’s Eyewitness Newsmakers) stating that L.A.’s sales taxes
need to be raised to 10% - as such a referendum has just been voted down by
residents in the City’s most recent election a few weeks ago. As another example, President Obama told us
how the ‘rich’ needed to start paying more taxes. In response, I would ask of those who still
might have a job during this Great Depression of the New Millennium, did your
taxes also increase? Are you then
rich, because your taxes also went up as the Obama (and Gov. Brown)
administration(s) claimed to only seek to increase taxes on the ‘rich’?
Sometimes I think it’s almost as if the taxes should be further
increased just to show these politicians – who appear challenged by common
sense if not also challenged in the basic laws of economics – the
obvious correlation of how increasing taxes increases unemployment. I would suggest one look to see
where taxes have been raised recently to see if jobs were subsequently created as a
result of the tax increases – and I mean private sector jobs, of course. Even though we are all aware that the reported unemployment
numbers in no way reflect the true amounts of massive unemployment that
actually exists in our nation, even the reported manipulated numbers can not
deny the increase in unemployment that follows an increase in taxes.
All this would appear as common sense to anyone who is not
in denial of such a fact that taxes kill jobs and also kill job creation. Clearly, if one were a ‘rich’ person looking
to start a business that would subsequently employ workers, would such a
‘rich’ person open any hypothetical business where the profits, products, and
salaries would be subject to some of the highest taxes in the nation? Or, would they look to go somewhere else
where the taxes would be considerably less or nonexistent?
Do I really need to answer such an obvious question? Well apparently for most of the ‘liberal’
politicians and for most of the voters these manipulative politicians have
forever mislead into following the misguided/ignorant politician’s
‘liberalistic’ ideals, yes I do need to answer the question: No, any new business is most likely to locate
itself where it would be subject to less taxes.
If the reader does not believe this is so, look to areas where the taxes
are lower and I can nearly guarantee that the economy in such an area with
lower taxes than L.A. County's taxes has not been as economically devastated in this latest Great Depression of the New Millennium as has been L.A. County. Yet, the short-sighted
‘liberal’ politicians in California and LA County still seek to raise taxes
even higher as if to drive away the remaining taxpayers who are still located
here. Maybe these politicians are merely
socialists in disguise and would prefer that all the citizenry work for the government
or be totally subsistent on the government for survival?
The best way to generate tax revenues is not by driving taxpayers out of the jurisdiction. It would
be better to get more people working so there are more people contributing to the
tax base and then per capita everyone pays less – most likely, anyhow. Anyone who tells you otherwise would appear
to be not on the side of free-market job creation. Maybe any person preaching higher taxes is merely
is in psychological denial or that person/politician is merely an ignorant
individual who does not belong in office in this nation. I suggest we let any such short-sighted
politician who believes in forever raising taxes go somewhere like Canada
where they enjoy paying a 50% tax – or the likes – on all goods purchased.
Adam Trotter
PS. March 31st, 2013. On KABC LA-TV Channel 7 today, the municipalities were listed whose higher sales taxes go into effect tomorrow. Those towns who were silly enough to vote for higher sales taxes will no doubt see the short-sighted effects of that vote before all too long. As whatever car sales and high dollar ticket sales items such as appliances pack-up and leave those towns for nearby communities with lower sales taxes, the simplistic towns with the higher sales taxes will eventually see their tax coffers further depleted. For anyone who voted for such higher taxes, you were simply misled or, again, don't understand the effect of taxes. That, or maybe, it's simply time for voter identification in California as well.
PS. March 31st, 2013. On KABC LA-TV Channel 7 today, the municipalities were listed whose higher sales taxes go into effect tomorrow. Those towns who were silly enough to vote for higher sales taxes will no doubt see the short-sighted effects of that vote before all too long. As whatever car sales and high dollar ticket sales items such as appliances pack-up and leave those towns for nearby communities with lower sales taxes, the simplistic towns with the higher sales taxes will eventually see their tax coffers further depleted. For anyone who voted for such higher taxes, you were simply misled or, again, don't understand the effect of taxes. That, or maybe, it's simply time for voter identification in California as well.
For a brief explanation of one way in which taxes negatively
affect the overall economy, see:
“Politicians Who Increase Taxes Seem Ignorant of Basic
Economics,” http://engineeringandcommerce.blogspot.com/2011/05/politicians-who-increase-taxes-seem.html
Regarding unemployment figures, see:
Report the True Unemployment Numbers or Nothing At All
33% True Unemployment Percentage in the U.S.?
Estimating the True Current Unemployment Numbers in the United States.
Create Jobs Not Taxes!! Obama Leaving For Myanmar – Four more Years of No
Employment for Americans?
