More taxes, debt is what voters always get

I have yet to hear a politician campaign on higher taxes, bigger government, more debt and more spending. Yet this is what we get.

When new faces show up at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., do they change Washington or does Washington change them?

Beginning in 1913, we have had 17 presidential administrations (nine Republican, eight Democrat). Let's look at the record:

In the 20th century, federal income taxes moved from 0 percent to 72 percent. The federal taxes have been reduced, but combined federal, state and local taxes take approximately half of middle-class income.

It would be foolish to deny that the greatest fear of our founders is now present. The large and powerful central government is depriving citizens of their rights with rules, regulations, controls and mandates.

In the last 70 years, our national debt has moved from $400 million to more than $13 trillion. There was a time when the U.S. debt was owned by the American people. Income from taxes and government bonds paid our way.

Today, Congress spends all that money and then borrows trillions more from foreign countries. The taxpayers are breaking their backs paying the interest on those loans.

Do we need a recall amendment to take back our rights?

Bob Grove

Marion