Interesting

[inteller]

quote:Originally posted by swake

"Friendly Bear" and "Shadows" are excellent examples. They only show up here when it's time for a tax vote. And they rail and rail about taxes and what it costs the "working poor" and how we the poor workers are being ripped off by the Tax Vampires and how evil and wasteful government is. And when the vote for taxes is over, they are gone because it's taxes they really care about.

You could poll 1000 single working mothers on the north side and ask them to write down their top ten worries in life and the sales tax rate is not going to be any of their lists.

you are right, but their top 5 worries would be "swake and people like him"

[shadows]

I believe that the Kansas Bridge and Iron published the machinist hand book on the point that a physical item could be broken down.   The search to find the point of inertia, some test were made by adding a grain of sand at a time until the changes destroyed the structure.  Even a single feather has a weight and enough of them will destroy the their supporting platform.    

History is full of governments that once were given the right by the common people to tax the citizen.  They kept adding them on a little at a time until they reached the point of saturation leading to rebellion against taxation.  

In an effort to save the American way of life we all enjoy, we must first guard against over taxation even if they are added on a mill at a time.  I believe the North Side of the city made their idea on adding another 4 mills to the battle of budgeting their limited amount they have for food,