re: #71 jaunte

The political class has grown accustomed to using the taxpayers as a source of revenue for their personal career paths, making public policy. It may be futile, but I think it’s worth pointing out that some taxes are used purely for the politicians’ private benefit.

So much of the bloat of the government that people complain about in the abstract has been when politicians have covertly or overtly used public monies as methods to get re-elected.

People may complain about politicians being crooks or worse, but they keep re-electing their bum because he/she benefits them personally.