Worldnet columnist Burt Prelutsky looks at our representative form of government, and wishes he could go back in time to call off the Boston Tea Party.
…when you start adding up what it costs the typical taxpayer to keep councilmen, aldermen, mayors, assemblymen, state senators, governors, congressmen, U.S. senators and the president – not to mention their legions of secretaries, assistants, consultants, pollsters and assorted mistresses – clothed, housed, fed and pensioned, the colonists were getting off dirt cheap. I’d gladly pay a few extra cents for a cup of tea if it meant that these thousands of freeloaders would be forced to leave their cushy fiefdoms and go find honest work.
The bottom line is that taxation without representation is bad, but taxation with representation is worse.
Morning Glory 
Feb 07, 2009 @ 07:49:46
I would have liked to been there when they were writing the constitution…I would have added something about voting..those who have nothing to lose and everything to gain would not be allowed to vote. Only taxpayers and those who have served in the military should have the franchise. Moreover, no person working for government at any level should be allowed to vote and that includes the military…only after the have left government service should they have the right to elect those who make the rules.