Caught in a bit of a Catch-22 ..
Gubamint derives its power from the people who consent to its rule..
Naturally all things corrupt in time when exposed to pressure and forces seemingly irresistible but also inherently destructive..
The essence of good gubernance is lost in a quest for feigned stability.
Eventually, the ship of state flounders and comes to rest on the shoals of time..
a wreck .. with few if any survivors..
Great post.
Gubamint derives its ^JUST^ power from the people who consent to its rule..
Maybe I need to be corrected ...
I hate to say this but states that already have a state income tax are better situated to serve ties with a federal dictate, fiscally. That said, states with no state income tax (like Florida) would find it untenable to serve ties as so much revenue gets sucked out federally.
Florida already has a constitutional prohibition on a state income tax that would have to be changed before anything at all to bring that money into state coffers should Florida citizens want to tell the feds to go to hell.
“The essence of good gubernance...”
The term gubernance is obsolete now, the new term is gOObernance.