‘Temporary’ funds keep rolling in

Here’s my column for the West Bend Daily News this week.  It went up a couple of days late.  It’s called, “‘Temporary’ funds keep rolling in.” I take a look at three examples of taxes that were sold to the taxpayers as “temporary” but some politicians want to keep them going forever.  I sum up this way:

The only viable solution is very simple. No matter what the reasoning, the taxpayers should avoid creating any new revenue streams for government. If some politician wants to spend money on something, the least that the taxpayers should expect is for that politician to find an existing revenue stream and prioritize accordingly. After all, for every new program worthy of funding, there are at least five existing programs that should have been killed years ago.