The perpetrators of the Tea Party--the Boston Tea Party, back in 1773--cried, "No taxation without representation!" What if now we turned that on its head? What if we wrote/phoned/emailed our Congresswomen and Congressmen saying, "No representation--at least, not by you--without taxation!"
I for one would be quite pleased to pay a higher marginal tax rate--in fact I do pay a higher rate of close to 50%, but in Australia, not the USA--if it meant a more progressive tax system with a better-functioning government, better able to provide needed services and better able to regulate business and industry so as to protect the commonwealth.
This could be the start of a movement: The Pro Tax Party... Tax Us in Texas... Tax US...
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