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"THE WOULD HAVE BEENS, COULD HAVE BEENS, SHOULD HAVE BEENS OF TAXES"

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Or, It's Not the Fact We Are Taxed, It's How the Conservatives Waste Them

    Oh yeah.  The eternal drum beat by so-called "Conservatives" of no new taxes makes soooooooo much sense.  Especially when they are the ones spending taxes faster than the Treasury can count the revenue.  Judging by what Conservatives do as opposed to what they say, they apparently want to try and show government can't possibly work.  They're right. . . at least as to a government run by what passes for Conservatives these days.

    After all, we could be providing health care for all children like most civilized nations do.  But, apparently why do that when we can pay trillions instead, wasting our troops killing and maiming foreigners so we can occupy their country in a pointless war commenced on admitted false justifications?

    And, if we must send our troops to fight in wrongheaded wars, we could provide them with adequate armor, sufficient supplies, enough reinforcements, treatment for wounds, and the post-service education they were promised.  But, apparently why do that when we can pay trillions instead for wasteful, too often unworkable, pork barrel "Star Wars" projects benefitting only the CEOs of the military/industrial complex?

    We could be providing for regulators to insure that stupidity, greed and duplicity do not occur in our financial institutions.  But, apparently why do that when we can pay trillions instead to reimburse Wall Street bankers and stockbrokers for their stupidity, greed, and duplicity?

    We could be providing a small amount for inspectors to insure that we are not poisoned, killed, maimed and cheated by manufacturers, suppliers, importers, retailers and advertisers.  But, apparently why do that when we can pay trillions instead due to illness, death, lost productivity and fraud?

    We could be providing a sound education for our young and funding basic scientific research.  But, apparently why do that when we can lose trillions instead making ourselves uncompetitive at home and abroad.

    We could be providing for upkeep on roads, bridges, parks, schools, and other critical infrastructure before the too long deferred maintenance costs us trillions to replace them.  But, apparently why do that when we can pay trillions instead for more tax cuts primarily for the already unspeakable rich?

    We could be providing a small amount for alternative energy sources which will wean us from oil addiction.  But, apparently why do that when we can continue instead to pay trillions filling the treasuries of countries that hate our guts?

    We could be seeking better ways to prevent or minimize global warming, pandemics, air pollution, water pollution, soil loss, fishery destruction and the like.  But, apparently why do that when we can risk instead trillions in property damage and lives lost?

    We could be seeking better protection for cargo ports and points of entry to insure fewer terrorism risks.  But, apparently why do that when we can risk instead trillions in losses from just a single well placed terrorist bomb?

    Taxes are what get things done which only government can do.  But, they can't be done when self-styled Conservatives get a chance to spend them instead on foolishness or lining their own pockets.

    Why is it that apparently no Conservative politician or pundit has ever heard of the concept of cost/benefit analysis?  Did they all flunk math in grade school?  Are they just incompetent or deliberate deceivers or both?  Least we forget, alleged "Conservatives" have cost us more money in the past few weeks than all the welfare cheats in all of history put together.

    So, the next time a Conservative, whether a Republican or for that matter a pandering Democrat,  hysterically tries to shout the usual knee jerk mantra of "NO TAXES!" or wants to peddle you hatred of government bureaucrats for trying to do their job, keep in mind the following counter mantra:

If you want to be truly conservative, oppose Conservatives.

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