THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Monday, January 29, 1996 TAG: 9601260013
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A6 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: Short : 33 lines
A ``balanced'' budget is smoke and mirrors if the rules are not changed. If the process doesn't change, inefficient federal spending will continue.
Every category of spending controlled by the federal government allows the president and Congress to collect special-interest contributions, spend money unwisely and hire more bureaucrats.
We taxpayers more closely scrutinize the spending of our local governments and our churches and charities and demand common sense and thrift. We can better monitor spending by the commonwealth than by the federal government. Let local governments find the spending solutions that work best in each locality. Why add the overhead of state and federal governments and lobbies? We get more ``bang for the buck'' when our tax dollars are collected and spent locally.
The ``deadlock'' in Washington is not over balancing the budget; it is over getting the federal government out of programs that can be handled more efficiently and effectively at the local level, and making the pie bigger.
Support less federal taxing and spending. Support more control at the local level.
ROBERT C. ARMOUR
Virginia Beach, Jan. 14, 1996 by CNB