As a small businesswoman and accountant by trade – my first job was keeping the books for our family business when I was 13 – I understand that our focus has to be on reining in our spending. Government is not responsible in the way it handles taxpayer money, and as a result does a terrible job of protecting the wallets of the people and the bottom lines of businesses. Far too many politicians don’t understand the value of a dollar, nor do they understand that this money does not belong to elected officials but to the citizens who pay it. Government needs to be accountable to those citizens and spend taxpayer dollars efficiently and effectively.
