Out-of-control spending leading to economic servitude, in my view, is the primary question of this presidential campaign -- to be or not to be free of governmental abuse impacting our hard-earned income.
The land of the free shall become history should unlimited taxation increasingly reduce our fellow Americans to the status of economic servitude.
Tax reform that is simple, fair and revenue-sufficient -- sans grotesque governmental waste -- is far past due. A balanced budget amendment failed by a single vote in the Senate during the so-called Republican Revolution.
How do Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama propose to achieve the discipline of a balanced budget amendment and the elimination of the national debt -- $9 trillion and climbing -- in less than a generation? Would they consider a 4 to 5 percent reduction per year of this grossly irresponsible debt? Our children and grandchildren are the victims of federal mismanagement and, unfortunately, a lack of citizen oversight, as well.
Americans have not spilled their blood to be ruled by the tyranny of excessive taxation and the invasion of privacy -- confiscation of property, garnishing of wages, etc. -- by federal, local or any level of governmental malfeasance. Politicians must stop making promises that exceed constitutional authority and/or impose taxes we cannot afford.
The electorate is eager to know McCain's and Obama's true specific plans regarding tax reform and a balanced budget amendment?
-- Sal Terrusa, Oxnard