govt's gift to us

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

The problem with taxes of these are that even conservatives when they gat back in power will have a hard time repealing these because politicians are addicted to spending money. The cold hard truth of it is that the vast majority of aggressive politicians ( the ones that rise to positions of power)on both sides of the aisle are obsessed with the power they wield and the main asset of that power is controlling the spendng of our money.

This is an interesting take on a very fundamental belief/duty.
Representatives from various States are supposed to lobby
for their State's needs via the federal government.
This is really set up with the way the government is
structured by the constitution.
The more jobs and such that a politician moves to the state,
the better for that state, but not necessarily the country, as
a whole.

This same type of crap happens on the local level. City officials
beg for companies to come and set up shop. They offer
incentives such as property tax breaks. The company
sets up shop, creates jobs, and everyone is happy.

Not quite... The people that have these new jobs are then
expected to bear the burden of living in that area. Schools,
county Hospitals, more police, firement, etc... cost money.
So when the local
entities come looking for money they come to the tax payer
who gripes to high heaven. The workers complain the police
dont arrive fast enough, the school does a bad job, ...
Or that they have to drive
20 miles to find a proper hospital. Meanwhile the company
and the shareholders are more than happy. Their profits
increase even more, they have no property taxes to pay.

Well wtf do the workers expect? You came, you found a job,
and now you complain about the local government not doing the
job while stripping you of money. There aint enough govt.
money. And there never will be. That company is tax exempt.
The companies execs dont live in that community. Has
happened numerous times here. Meanwhile the local officials
that made that deal in the first place... Surprisingly you come
to find out they made money on the deal also.

So yes power/money does corrupt in many ways.