by popular demand

oh no
because she didn't annoy the shit out of us enough
in 2000
here's libertarian nutcase carla howell
trying to idiotically abolish income tax in massachusetts

if there's one thing that a tax and spend liberal like myself can't stand
it's people just summarily declaring that we should stop taxing people
not as a means but as an end unto itself
no thought of what to do with all those things that still need to be paid for
social services
roads
schools
fire departments
police
oh wait
there's a reason
she says that this is a way to get the budget back to that of 1995
ah 1995
the year that gave us ace ventura when nature calls
halcyon days they
there are lots of things different now than 1995
but let's just take it as read that there are a lot of things that cost more

so to put it simply
in deference to ms howell
she's a fucking idiot

just because there's a measure of corruption in every large organization
doesn't mean that those organizations are to be abolished
it just means that like all human endeavors there must always be a drive
for improvement
look at it using a mathematical model like sid meier's civilization
organizational corruption takes away a certain percentage of your income
sure
but it's astonishingly foolish to forget about the benefits of
having gotten organized in the first place

so in order to ensure that she doesn't get any love from google on my account
let me be clear
abolishing the income tax in massachusetts is fucking stupid

oh and one other thing
their po box is in fucking wayland
real populists they must be