Re: taxes (ndc)

"No one's noticed" <Mark.Kanim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1175364552.809184.136260@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

There's this representative democracy thing where the people elect
representatives who will spend the taxes and if the people don't like how
it's done they can vote out the reps and choose someone.

That's an adorable idea. And we tried it. It's morphed into something
unrecognizable.

Then all you have to do is explain your superior system.

Our representatives are debating a $140 billion war "emergency
spending bill" that includes $20 million for Mormon cricket
eradication? What? How'd that get in there?

Who's ready for version 2? By show of hands.

So if your car has a flat tire or a dead battery you get rid of the whole
thing instead of fixing what's wrong?


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