Economic Matters: Accountability & Transparency
Politicians and diapers have one thing in common. They should both be changed regularly and for the same reason.
The bureaucrats at the Joint Tax Committee and the Office of Management and Budget have a history of being anti-capitalist, anti-market and anti-growth in predicting how economic policy changes will effect economic growth and government revenue. These bureaucrats are Socialists, not Capitalists. Their economic philosophy is both un-American and anti-American. Their inaccurate financial forecasts are harmful to building consumer confidence and stimulating economic growth. All the financial news coming out of these two offices is bad, bad, bad. Continually painting a gloomy picture of our economy is a distorted view and considered unacceptable. These unelected bureaucrats have been wrong in scoring revenue for the last three tax-cutting cycles.
The solution is simple. The Socialist bureaucrats entrenched in these two offices must be removed from their appointed positions. Conservative leadership must have the conviction and courage to replace these negative people with no questions asked. In the famous words of the Donald: “You’re fired!” Good leadership must appoint new people in these two offices who have a positive mindset that is growth oriented and for the American people. The overwhelming growth of our economy is rooted in capitalism that is for free markets and is pro-growth.
As a newly elected President, I would begin my presidency with an executive order making federal spending transparent and order that it to be posted on the Internet so every American citizen could see how their tax dollars are being spent. There must be financial accountability and transparency in government at all levels—local, state, and federal.
Posting all non-classified federal spending on the Internet would put power back in the hands of the American people to discover fraud and financial abuse and peacefully protest.
US History
When the British American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 they were recognized as a new independent nation following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the original 13 as the nation expanded across the North American continent and acquired a number of overseas possessions. The two most traumatic experiences in our nation’s history were the Civil War (1861-65) and the Great Depression of the 1930s. With marked victories in World War I (1918) and World War II (1945) and the end of the Cold War in 1991, the United States of America remains the world’s wealthiest and most powerful nation.
Economy Overview
Today the American economy is marked by steady growth, low unemployment and some inflation, and rapid advances in technology. The US is the leading industrial power in the world. Our great nation is highly diversified and is technologically advanced. The US has the largest and most technologically powerful economy in the world, with a per capita GDP of around $44,000.
