"I heard a similar scenario happened in Wisconsin dealing with the state sales tax. I think the visible goods and services would remain about the same with only minimal swing up or down."
Perhaps the most vivid example of the power of the average voter/taxpayer is what happened in Tennessee a couple of years ago. Tennessee hasn't had an income tax for some time - they use a sales tax as their primary revenue source. Some in the state leglislature decided that the state needed an income tax, too. A local talk show host got wind of the fact that a bill was being debated to do just that. He alerted his listeners and they showed up in mass at the state capital. The guards locked them out, but they raised so much hell outside that the legislators could hear them and the measure failed - I think by a fairly wide margin. Believe it or not, legislators do listen to constituents, but constituents have to speak up loud and clear.
The guards locked them out, but they raised so much hell outside that the legislators could hear them and the measure failed - I think by a fairly wide margin. Believe it or not, legislators do listen to constituents, but constituents have to speak up loud and clear.
Thanks. Now I remember the threads. Hide away out of sight out of mind and we politicians can do what ever we want. Oblivious to what our constituents want.
Not only do they attempt, often successfully, to hide their dirty deals from prying eyes, they try to hide from the reality outside their closed chambers.