I appreciated Jared Quigg’s article on Suzanne Crouch and the Morgan County Correspondent for informing voters who may want to participate in the taxpayer-funded primary elections.
However, let’s get one thing straight: Suzanne Crouch has stolen half her talking points from the Libertarian candidate for governor, Donald Rainwater.
Don called for an end to the state income tax four years ago. It was Rainwater who said, “The Indiana government has gotten too big, too expensive, and needs to be cut.”
Crouch’s oft-repeated quote — “I fundamentally believe YOU know how to spend your money better than the government” — is almost verbatim to a Rainwater talking point from his 2020 gubernatorial run, and a very well-known Libertarian proverb.
Crouch repeating these great ideas tells me two things:
- When Donald Rainwater broke records and earned 12 percent of the vote in 2020 — they heard you. You know they heard you because Susan Crouch is now parroting what those people voted for in 2020.
- Even though they heard you, they didn’t care.
Suzanne Crouch has been working within the governor’s office for 8 years. She was the state auditor for three years, and in the legislature for nine years. In all that time, she did NOTHING to reduce your taxes, shrink the size of government, reduce government waste, abolish the income tax, or generally keep government out of your life.
Why would anyone believe she, or any of her Republican opponents, would suddenly start caring about your paycheck now? All of them have a proven, public record of growing the size and reach of government, and increasing spending — which increases your tax burden.
It’s important in any election to look at the résumé of those applying for the job. Actions will always speak louder than words. Or, as George R. R. Martin puts it, “Words are wind,” which is especially true in politics.
Remember this other old saying as you head to the polls in November: “Republicans campaign like Libertarians, then govern like Democrats.”
~ By Danny Lundy | Letter to the Editor | Published April 25, 2024 in The Morgan County Correspondent
