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Originally Posted by kane
I think taxes are fair game when we are talking about freedom and democracy. In my state we voted in a law that said any major statewide tax changes had to be voted on by the public. Because of that we have, on a few occasions, voted down a suggested sales tax and we have voted down suggested increases in property taxes. At the same time we have voted for some other taxes that people thought were for a good use. To me that is the essence of a democracy. The people get to choose what their money is spent on and they are able to keep the government from taking their money whenever they want.
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I currently live in California. Californians have no idea what their tax dollars are really spent on. Its a shell game here. Entirely. For example, with only 25 per cent actually following the sequester BS what kind of informed decisions are people really making? Next to Illinois, California is easily the most corrupted state in whats left of the union. There is no democracy. There is lip service and a going through the motions. .
At a national level we have a congressional committee meeting in secret to determine immigration overhaul. Democracy? Really?