[stevem]

This may be THE fundamental problem with liberals...even more so than the denial of everything natural. They can never see that when they make stupid laws, people that usually carry the burden are the ones to suffer. How many of these higher tax stores will eventually succumb?

[Stallone]

Liberals, being morons, see the world as a static place. But the world is very dynamic, and changes in one area always affect another.

For example, if you tax cigarettes here, I'll buy them there, pinheaded twits.

If you raise the level of confiscatory sales tax, the voluntary flow of money from the citizen's pocket to the computerized cash register lowers dramatically. The net impact of higher rates of tax is often lower tax revenue.

You cannot multiply 'S' sales by 't' tax rate, then change 't', without impacting 'S'. Call it bureaucratic blowback.

The mainstay of the Liberal party is insufficiently intellectually-gifted to comprehend basic economics.