I suspect the phrase "tax increase" is unlikely to provoke dread in the hearts of the Ferguson looters.
True that. You have to actually pay taxes before an increase means anything.
Rly! hahahahaha. Also re #9 - of course it's justice. Especially if you've been fed a vile stew of hate and racial division all of your life. The one thing that stands out about that axis of the country (draw a line from kansas city to louisville) is an incredible polarization of racialism, with all sorts of nasty race-related cultural artifacts completely institutionalized, and all public institutions racially divided.
This mix of catering to ethnic separatism and wholesale distribution of largesse in the poverty bloc leads to this kind of crap all around the world, all throughout history.