In America there are really four branches of government but the apathetic American people think that there are only three, Executive, Legislative and Judicial. The fourth part of the system is The People. If government isn’t representing you and your views properly they should be fired. Vote the bastards out of office. However The People have become disenfranchised with the system so they do nothing. They don’t vote, Nor do they voice their opinions. The coming of the internet has mad voicing one’s opinion easier than ever. Grassroots now has a platform in which to fight the good fight against politicians who have lost there way. Another blogger favorite of mine has described this eloquently here. I think Sheldon Killpack has lost his way. Sheldon Killpack is a local politician in Utah’s Senate. He is also the assistant majority whip. I believe Sheldon Killpack should be fired. Killpack should not be reelected.



Killpack believes that everyone should pay higher taxes especially for transportation. He believes in higher gas taxes based on the price of gas instead of a flat per gallon tax. He wants toll lanes and toll roads built and owned by private companies on public lands. He also wants “congestion pricing”. I have blogged about Sheldon Killpack before on his socialist beliefs. See Oh Give It To Me Sheldon. See Gas-tax hike, tolls during rush hour may be in future.

Our Government has an insatiable thirst for money. Killpack is part of this problem. In the Salt Lake Tribune article he states his belief in higher taxes. His justification is that in the last 17 years the population of Utah increased 47%. However during the same period Utah’s state budget has gone from slightly less than 4 billion dollars to almost 9 billion. My question is how did that increase budget not include roads? As the population increases so does the amount of fuel sold so where did that tax money go?

Our politician’s especially Sheldon Killpack seems to not understand some simple economics. The economic principle is when business increases tax revenues increase. The opposite is also true as business slows tax revenues decrease. Currently business is off due to a failure to regulate some basic principles like let Darwinism take care of business. Do not step in and bail out companies who failed to take care of their own interests IE: Banks and Airlines. Let some die to strengthen the herd. My point here is this… Business is struggling for a variety of reasons but one important one is the price of fuel. As the price of fuel has increased so has the price of goods and services. As price rises consumption of non-essential items goes down. This is Econ101.

In addition to Sheldon Killpack’s belief that everyone should pay more taxes because the government failed to manage its money properly, he also believes that people have the ability to choose when they can travel. Killpack thinks that there should be a penalty for rush hour driving. I know very few people who can control the times they go to and from work. So the average Joe Employee will now get an extra tax because his job requires him to be at work during peak traffic periods. What a bunch of crap? The middle class is already getting raped by everyone especially the Government. Average Joe cannot ask for a raise to pay for higher gas prices and a commuter tax.

This legislative season also had Killpack sponsoring a bill to increase the amount of car insurance coverage everyone must carry by law. This would raise our car insurance rates.
See Darwin? No, Sheldon.



Leaders like Sheldon Killpack are leading us down the primrose path of destruction. They are ruining business and losing jobs overseas because they believe in something for nothing. We need more taxes to pay for x. We need to regulate businesses more. We need more laws. More taxes cost businesses more money to do business and in today’s global market it is easier to take your business overseas and not have to deal with excessive taxes, too restrictive environmental laws, and too restrictive employee laws and just plain litigation. There are places in the world that have much fewer laws regarding the hows and whys of business. It makes America uncompetitive. As long as there are politicians like Sheldon Killpack we will continue to lose businesses, lose wages and tax ourselves out of business.

The beginning of the greatest journey started with the first step. Save America with one small step… Don’t Reelect Sheldon Killpack. Vote in somebody new.

Accountable Utah ranks Killpack in the top 20 worst Utah Politicians in Office. Just slightly about Chris Buttars.
VoteSmart.org has reported that Killpack votes with the following organizations:
ACLU 25% of the time
Conservative 51% of the time
In Support of Education 28% of the time
Sierra Club 63% of the time and 100% of the time in 2004

Sheldon Killpack has also tried to increase the Government powers of Eminent Domain.