About "Countering the Nanny State"

What do you hate most about big government? Babbling, self-serving bureaucratic agents? Pork-barrel spending schemes that line the pockets of partisans? Entitlement programs that either create dependency or threaten to bankrupt future generations? Regulations written in drivel-speak that make life miserable for common citizens on the street? Local politicians who dream up "fees" for government services you've already paid for?

We hear you. That's why there's Countering the Nanny State, sponsored by the NB Taxpayers, New Brunswick's only taxpayer blog.

This is your blogspot for fiscal issues -- any size, anywhere, all the time. This hard-charging blog digs up the freshest facts on taxes, government spending, abuse of power, and anything else that serves to limit our freedom to strive and thrive.

But we're not just here to complain about what our government is doing to us. We want to change the way leaders act with our money and the power we've given them. Tax reform, constitutional budget limits, ballot measures to stop tax hikes, recall petitions, privatizing government agencies -- it's all on the table here.

Help us make Countering the Nanny State the best spot on the web for taxpayers:

• Send us information on waste, fraud, abuse in government, federal, provincial, or local.
• Clue us in to tax revolts in your town or city; we just might be able to help them.
• Let us know about stories the national and local media missed.
• Give us your feedback on the news and views we post. If we want the politicos to listen, taxpayers have to talk to each other first.