Funny you say that, I really stirred up the local liberal democrat in the office the other day when I told her to imagine the outcry if people had to *MANUALLY write a check each week* to the Feds, Social Security, FICA and such. But since its automatically taken out, and we never "have" that money to begin with, a lot of people never feel the loss.
And the states are getting stupid too. Tonight, I heard on the radio that the Maine Senate (or House) is sponsoring a bill to ban elephants at local circuses because "sometimes the animals arent treated right". Yea, nevermind that full time vet being there. Just another example of how some media coverage 'Special Report' on an extreme example makes the general public think this is the norm....in this example, apparently the sponsor saw a newsbit on animals being abused and took it upon himself to make sure no one in our state ever sees an elephant. Phhht...I'd say there's one politician who wont be getting re-elected. (Found the article...I kid you not...
http://www.sunjournal.com/story.asp?slg=041101elephants) Its all so silly, its enough to make you wonder when people are going to say enough is enough, and wonder why they continue to put up with this kinda crap.
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