Actually... itâs worse. The government learns of a problem the people have. Enough people have the problem, that a politician promises he can fix with your votes and some more tax money. The people elect the politician, and all his political friends in the same party who promise to solve the problem. A new government task force creates the government agency which appropriates the funds out of the general fund, and the politician holds a meeting with tv cameras to tell his voters âHeâs working on it!â Meanwhile much needed funds on other previously demanded government services have been âdivertedâ by this group of politicians, and must be replaced, with, you guessed it- MORE TAXES! Meanwhile, the government says in order to curtail the problem, something you really like doing along with all your friends needs to be banned or outlawed, and the problem will be solved in 10 years if enough money comes in... The issue becomes a political football, a great way for politicians to get re-elected and campaign managers warn, âif the problem is solved, all the government bureaucrats and busybodies hired to push paper around will lose their jobs. The public employees union warns of a strike in front of politicians offices if their funding is cut. So the politicians say âwe are working on it, but we need MORE TAXESâ and it will take another 10 years to solve, but we are âmaking progressâ if you will just vote for us.
Politicians donât solve problems. Giving a problem to a politician, is the same thing as giving him another excuse to steal more of your money.
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Actually... itâs worse.
The government learns of a problem the people have.
Enough people have the problem, that a politician promises he can fix with your votes and some more tax money.
The people elect the politician, and all his political friends in the same party who promise to solve the problem.
A new government task force creates the government agency which appropriates the funds out of the general fund, and the politician holds a meeting with tv cameras to tell his voters âHeâs working on it!â
Meanwhile much needed funds on other previously demanded government services have been âdivertedâ by this group of politicians, and must be replaced, with, you guessed it- MORE TAXES!
Meanwhile, the government says in order to curtail the problem, something you really like doing along with all your friends needs to be banned or outlawed, and the problem will be solved in 10 years if enough money comes in...
The issue becomes a political football, a great way for politicians to get re-elected and campaign managers warn, âif the problem is solved, all the government bureaucrats and busybodies hired to push paper around will lose their jobs. The public employees union warns of a strike in front of politicians offices if their funding is cut.
So the politicians say âwe are working on it, but we need MORE TAXESâ and it will take another 10 years to solve, but we are âmaking progressâ if you will just vote for us.
Politicians donât solve problems. Giving a problem to a politician, is the same thing as giving him another excuse to steal more of your money.