And the sunshine has brought out the mosquitoes! Now we need to buy ourselves some mosquito repellant and I need to look into the possibility of buying a mosquito killing machine, a mosquito "magnet". It’s even more important this year as the county has decided to drop mosquito abatement from the budget.
Talking about budgets and government makes me crazy! I do not understand how people can expect the government to operate without taxation of some kind. I think I can conclude that most people aren’t anti-tax; they are just not willing to tax themselves for anything that doesn’t hold the promise of gratifying some basic and immediate need. And even then, they send mixed signals…they appear to be quite willing to spend tax money on military budgets, even when the military spends money like a drunken sailor; to use an appropriate metaphor. They are not willing to spend money to help the poor survive. They are quite willing to spend tax money to help elected officials retire in luxury. They are not willing to spend tax money so that their own children might have a secure future. They are more than willing to spend tax money on price supports for farming and steel, but not interested in healthcare. The list of inappropriate and inadequate taxation goes on and on.
When will we get it? This is not the 18th century and we are no longer a nation of just 4 million souls (1780). The yeoman farmer model that Jefferson espoused is long dead. We don’t need less taxation…we need responsible government.
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