Jim Wilkins wrote:
On Mar 30, 7:46*am, "Stormin Mormon"
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What they don't realize, is that when taxes go up, people
say "I guess we won't buy that after all, we'll keep using
the old one."

"buy that" being the investment in production machinery for the
component I helped develop, instead another order goes to China. Of
course this unintended negative consequence MUST be invisible in
government statistics, just like the deleterious effects of
environmental and employment regs. We have the society we asked for.

Well, _I_ never asked for it. But then again, Democracy consists of stuff
like two wolves and a sheep voting on who's for dinner.

"Let's all vote on what everybody's favorite color is!"

That's why the Founding Fathers established a Republic rather than a
mobocracy, although the unionized propaganda mills don't teach hard
stuff like history any more, just "Self-Esteem:" "Duh, I dunno how to
add two plus two, but I feel REAL GOOD about myself, yup, yup, yup, yup!"

Thanks,
Rich