The people who have the most direct and profound effect on our lives are not in government. They are the people who sell us everything we use, and who supply us with all the wages we need to acquire them.
This is not a bad thing. Actually, it is one of the benefits of living in a democracy, that who is in power really doesn't make that much difference; its where we work and where we shop that affects us most day to day.
As for taxes, they never really bothered me all that much. Everyone has to pay them, so as long as everyone pays their fair share, I never begrudge mine. I really don't mind paying a larger share than the poor, as long as the rich pay a larger share than I. I know if taxes suddenly disappeared by some magic, I wouldn't suddenly become more affluent. My purchasing power would somehow adjust itself to about where it is now. Money is a relative thing, and like any fluid, will shape itself to any container its placed it, and expand to fill any vacuum available.
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- Credit card "reform"
- Why stop at credit cards?
- Collusion, price fixing by CC companies?
- Any sympathy for those who have no alternative but to use their credit cards
- So the banks are gonna pout?
- Gun rights bill attached
- Oh yeah, that's terrible.
- I don't understand why...