[ExI] The Dogs of Immortality

[John K Clark]

"Damien Broderick" <thespike at satx.rr.com>

> I submit that were it universally or even extensively accepted
> in the USA, > a No Tax Party would be swept into office. Oddly,
> this does not seem  imminent.

I don't find that odd at all, there is little incentive to lower the tax 
rate. My time, enthusiasm, contributions and lobbying efforts 
could be better spent trying to get a candidate in office that will 
give me a subsidy or protect me from competition. It will only help
me and a small group of people just like me so it won't cost all that 
much, so the general tax rate won't go up all that much, so it will 
generate little opposition. I mean it's just one program, we can 
afford that!  And if you help me get the bill passed that destroys 
my competition then I'll help pass the bill that subsidizes you.

And so it goes. Before you know it you've got ethanol subsidies.

  John K Clark