Stop Feeding the Beast: How Lower Taxes Lead to Bigger Freedom, Better Business, and Stronger Families

Government for the People, by the People.

Let me hit you with something real:

Your government doesn’t need more of your money.

It needs more of your wisdom—and your demand for accountability.

Every year, hard-working Americans fork over thousands in taxes, only to get worse roads, worse schools, and a government that’s more focused on social experiments overseas than fixing the pothole in front of your house.

That’s not representation. That’s extortion dressed up in patriotism.

And it’s why I believe in lower taxes for all Americans—especially working families, small businesses, and people trying to get ahead.

Why Lower Taxes Matter (and Why the Government Hates Them)

Let’s say you make $50,000 a year. Between federal income tax, payroll tax, state/local taxes, property tax, sales tax, and hidden taxes on gas, fees, and services—you could be losing up to 40% of your income every year.

That’s $20,000 of your money—gone before you even get to touch it.

Now ask yourself: What do you get for it?

Are your streets clean?

Are your schools safe?

Is your healthcare affordable?

Is your community thriving?

If the answer is no, then we don’t have a taxation problem—we have a mismanagement crisis.

Lower taxes don’t mean fewer services—they mean less waste, more freedom, and smarter priorities.

1. Working Families Deserve a Break

A dollar means more to a single mom in Oak Cliff than it does to a bureaucrat in D.C.

That’s why I’ll push to:

• Raise the standard deduction for middle-income families.

• Eliminate federal income tax for households earning under $80,000.

• Expand the Child Tax Credit with no strings attached—let parents decide how to raise their kids, not the IRS.

🔁 Example:

If a working couple earning $60,000 combined saves $6,000 per year in taxes, that’s an extra $500/month to spend—enough to cover groceries, gas, and school clothes.

Now that’s real relief.

Because I don’t trust Washington more than I trust a mother who knows her kid’s needs better than any line item on a federal spreadsheet.

2. Small Businesses Are Taxed Like They’re Corporations

The small business owner—the barber, the restaurant owner, the independent trucker, the family-run print shop—they are crushed under rules meant for billion-dollar firms.

But they’re also the ones creating most of the new jobs in America.

So here’s what I’ll do:

1. Eliminate the self-employment tax for sole proprietors under $250K/year.

2. Offer a zero-tax runway for the first 2 years of any small business operating in a qualified low-income area.

Simplify tax filings with a flat rate for qualifying microbusinesses, removing the need for costly accountants and time-sucking audits.

📦Example:

Imagine a young man in Oak Cliff starts a T-shirt business from home. He makes $25,000 his first year. Under my plan? Zero income tax. No accountant fees. Just hustle.

Let’s make it easier to go legit, hire locally, and keep your own profit.

3. Big Government Is the Real Reason You’re Over-Taxed

Let me break this down with an old Texas saying:

“You can’t fatten the hog and the farmer at the same time.”

Well, right now, Washington is hog fat—and the rest of us are left with the scraps.

You pay for:

Useless studies about shrimp on treadmills.

Endless “diversity coordinators” in already bloated agencies.

Foreign aid to countries that burn our flag while their politicians buy vacation homes.

I say: Enough.

I will:

• Cut or consolidate redundant federal programs.

• Audit every major department for waste.

• Tie every dollar to a clear, measurable outcome that benefits Americans—not bureaucrats.

And when we stop wasting money?

We stop needing to take so much of yours.

4. Lower Taxes = Higher Growth

This is the part they won’t teach you in school:

When you lower taxes, you don’t shrink the economy—you supercharge it.

Here’s why:

People spend more.

Businesses invest more.

Innovation explodes.

Hiring increases.

Prices stabilize.

📈 Example:

Under President Trump’s first term tax cuts, we saw:

1. Record-low Black and Latino unemployment.

2. Wage increases across blue-collar industries.

3. A surge in small business formation.

Let’s bring that back—this time permanently.

5. Replace Income Taxes with a Simple, Flat Consumption Tax

One day, I’d like to eliminate the income tax altogether. If you want fair, simple, and honest, then tax what people buy—not what they earn.

This would:

1. Make cheating the system harder.

2. Make filing taxes obsolete.

3. Reward saving and investing over reckless spending.

It’s time we talk about serious, structural tax reform—not just tweaks around the edges.

A Government That Takes Less Can Actually Do More

Here’s the truth:

When we lower taxes, we put money back where it belongs—with the people who earned it.

You know what’s best for your family.

You know how to grow your own business.

You know how to bless your neighbor or invest in your community.

You don’t need a middleman in D.C. taking a cut.

So let’s stop feeding the beast. Let’s feed the dream instead.

If you believe in lower taxes, smaller government, and bigger freedom—follow @SholdonDaniels on X and support our campaign to give power back to the people who make this country great: You.