Once again, I have been mystified by folks: foaming at the
mouth, pulling out their hair, writhing on the floor in agony and going into
catatonic states over the Supreme Court ruling on the health care bill. Then I got to thinking, with
Independence Day coming up; they’re not upset about health care, they’re upset
about taxes. What could be more
American than working yourself into a lather over taxation without “get the
f*^$ away from my wallet you fascist $%&* my personal OK. We can even look back on the first
North American rave, held in Boston Harbor in 1773 with DJ “B.J.Rush. The crowd
got so worked up dancing to “You Can’t Touch That Wallet” that they tore the venue to pieces. The point being that the celebration of
defending our right to money through outrage and violence is about as patriotic
as it gets. This is the foundation
of our great republic (to quote Florence and the Machine) “keep your filthy
fingers out of my pie”. So how can
I criticize my conservative friends who clearly hold the moral high ground that
this nation was built on. After
being stuck under the leaded glass ceiling of European aristocracy we had
finally succeeded in stealing and pillaging enough good land to give us all the
opportunity to be kings of our own domain. What could be more noble that that?
Maybe paying taxes so that we can afford to pay for the civil society that we pretend to have/promote?
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