Governments (at all levels) view taxpayers as a "cash cow," to be milked and bilked exclusively for the government's benefit. Promising much, delivering little (except to their friends and cronies), government officials (elected and appointed) and government employees care little about the American people, for whom they work; their main concern is advancing their own careers.
The written and oral history of the leaders and would-be leaders of countries, since antiquity, is rife with tales of Machiavellian intrigue, wars, murder, plots, schemes, conspiracies, treason, betrayal, etc., etc.
Why?
Because, unlike the song, all the gold is not in a bank in California, it is in the King's counting room. Simply put, King's exercise power and are generally rich beyond belief (who wants to be a poor King? Where is the advantage in that?).
What does that have to do with Tax cuts?
Kings, and those who would be Kings, and their syncophants, court jesters and hangers-on, never willingly give up either our money or their power!
Their power flows from our money!
Therefore, it is incumbant that We the People be eternally vigilant, to oppose any and all misuse of our money.
And therein lies the problem: We the People have not been vigilant, and now find ourselves in a predicament entirely of our own making. Our money is being misused, and we are, in effect, unwilling to do anything about it.
But we are, you say?
The record says otherwise: Only 50.7% of registered voters voted in 2000, and something like 90% of incumbant politicians (who ran) were re-elected!
Had the American people been willing to force change on their government in 2000, more Americans would have participated in the campaign and voted, and more professional politicians would have been sent home. The American people would have supported anti-status quo politicians, and the possibility of real change enhanced.
But the American people were not willing to work for or get out and vote for change. Therefore, we will not get much change in the way our governments work.
A simple definition of insanity is: Doing the same thing you have always done and expecting a different outcome.
This is not Rocket Science: As long as the American people continue to do what we have always done, we will get the same result! To change the outcome, we have to change the way we go about our civic duties, among which are getting and staying engaged in the political process at some minimal level such as taking a few minutes every year or two to get out and vote!
What does this have to do with tax cuts?
When We the American people come to understand that not just Democrats in government are opposed to tax relief, that, in fact, the whole of government is opposed to tax relief, and get off our butts and DO SOMETHING, NOTHING WILL GET DONE!
Wake up America! Get organized! Become an activist for fundamental change in the way our government operates! If nothing else, plan to vote next year in the primary and general elections. If you can do more, do more! But do something!
Remember, under our form of government, each and every public servant in America WORKS FOR US! WE ARE THEIR BOSS! WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIRE SOME OR ALL OF THEM EVERY TWO YEARS!
Right now is not too early to start planning and working for the elections of 2002!
“I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.”
[Thomas Jefferson, letter to Benjamin Rush, 1800.]
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We will never be a truly FRee people so long as we have the income tax and the IRS.