tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406088964942152547.post4722994517172874618..comments2024-03-28T07:04:49.075-04:00Comments on The Abode of McThag: It Took A Facebook MemeAngus McThaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09295013525738248801noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406088964942152547.post-78586485696844806222015-11-29T09:19:56.666-05:002015-11-29T09:19:56.666-05:00I think it's all marketing. The voters that ...I think it's all marketing. The voters that SUPPORT these taxes think this (or I hear more that the wage and capital gains taxes will seize those fat cats "excessive" money and force them to live a more "reasonable" lifestyle, while still producing the same...and "fat cat" is "anybody who makes a nickel more than me" hence why the support goes from Ramen-eating artists and community organizers, to the wealthy white liberals with their Hillary and Bernie bumper stickers on German luxury cars parked at wholefoods)<br />But the people who actually pass the taxes do it because they have a deep fetish for control. They ban guns, claiming it will lower crime, while crime goes up where guns are banned, and drops where the stupidity is repealed. <br /><br />Remember when then-Senator Obama said he'd support raising Capital Gains, even though data shows it causes tax revenue to drop.<br /><br />They want to control, and they sell it like that car salesman who oddly, only buys from old ladies who do little besides attend church and buy groceries. Weer'd Beardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528978001340070552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1406088964942152547.post-19089957094472138562015-11-28T18:30:36.787-05:002015-11-28T18:30:36.787-05:00The famous "Law of Unintended Consequences.
T...The famous "Law of Unintended Consequences.<br />The same folks that bitch and bitch about saving gas, electricity or water, then when you do, they jack the price up because they are losing revenue.The Big Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16973716466048213786noreply@blogger.com