You’re staying right here!
As French politicians vow to soak the rich, wealthy eye fleeing to England. Back here in the land of the free, politicians of both parties whooped through a law granting the IRS the power to trap citizens and prevent them from leaving if the IRS thinks they owe taxes – no appeal. Why do I think that the pols know exactly what they have in mind for us comes “Taxmageddon” ?
Comrade,
Why would anyone care to leave this glorious land of bilk and money?
Kindly send us the diameter of your left ankle for the bracelet we are sending you.
Land of the free, lol! Is anybody really that naive?
The blackbox is more ominous. It records data that could be used for or against you. It can also be electronicaly monitored for consumption tax purposes.
Looks like Warren Buffett won’t be leaving the country
Don’t suppose we’ll see this story here, eh?
Municipalities are cutting employees while states are adding them. I attribute that to city pols being held more directly responsible by taxpayers than their more removed state legislators but, as illustrated by Illinois, they states too will have to cut. Only the feds, with access to a printing press, can continue their madness.
CF, it’s plainly false that states are adding jobs. Hundreds of thousands — if not millions — of state employees have lost their jobs since the recession began. The article I linked to has the numbers, which are widely available. You are right that cities are cutting jobs — but the states are, too.
It’s certainly true that, without access to print-your-own money, states are in trouble but that doesn’t seem to stop them from printing jobs:
Ha. Why not try finding a source less than a year and a half old?
Because the 2011 census has been published and the 2012 has not? But perhaps I’m wrong – I’ll go check.