To the editor:

To the editor:

As an independent voter, I usually support Republican candidates, because the basic philosophy of the Democratic Party is to look to government for solutions to social and personal problems.

Republican philosophy, on the other hand, is that the least government is best, and therefore, at its worst, is still the lesser of two evils, being dedicated in principle, at least, to less government.

But, why not more government, bigger government? Well, for one thing, more and bigger government has given us our disastrous national debt. Thanks a lot, fellas! My grandkids will thank you, too. And, what did we get for our money? Has poverty been eliminated? Has education (a government service) improved?

The government spends, wastes, steals, buys votes with, and gives away money by the bushel, long before it comes in.

That’s why you’re paying — in effect — fifteen percent of your income to Social Security! That’s why your New-Deal Democrat grandparents can jetset around the country, playing golf and buying condominiums, while you and your poor wife bust your butts to stay afloat; and that’s why your kids will be lucky to ever own a house or improve their material standard of living. Do you really want more of that kind of help?

Well, you may argue, the government, Democrats and Republicans, always spend like mom at the mall, and they always will. So what could be wrong with voting federal dollars to support worthy causes like the National Endowment for the Arts? Jobs are created, wealth is distributed, needs are met, right?

Well, not really. The problem is that so-called “federal” dollars are actually tax dollars. The slogan “no new taxes,” should be, “no new spending,” because governments must tax or borrow to raise every penny they spend. Any spending, therefore, must translate into higher taxes down the road.

When the goverment “creates” a job for one person, it is at the expense of his neighbors or his pro