Machiavelli Wrote:Quote:Of course for Virginia Democrats, they just rape Ohio and the rest of Middle America for tax dollars to build their suburban paradises.
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Ok, it works like this.
Fairfax County (and Maryland counties surrounding DC: Montgomery and Prince Georges) has really high taxes,
plus I get to pay additional "Home owners association fees" to my "Planned community". (Not my neighborhood, I pay those fees too). These counties are also dominated by Dems in office. From county, to state reps/delegates/senators, to the HOR. You know the senate situation.
Also, these taxes have skyrocketed in the past few years. Despite being flush w/ cash. (See Fairfax County's $46.9M surplus from a couple of years ago.)
But, who lives in these counties? Predominantly, Fed gov't workers, and contracters (hey to "smaller government"). Check it for yourself.
So, if our tax burden is going up, how do we pay for it? Bigger salaries, of course. We need larger raises. This is worked out by the Feg Gov't as a regional adjustment to the federal pay scale, by hiring people at higher scale levels, or paying more for contractors.
But who pays for the these higher wages? Not a company making a profit: It's the Fed Gov't. And they get their money from...
TAXES!
Yup. And YOU pay those taxes.
What are you getting for it?
Well, Reston has alot of nice amenities, and a "Community Center" that had a $1M surplus (aside from the county surplus).
Fairfax County's buildings are lush, sparkling new, referred to as "the palace".
PG County recently spent millions on new tennis courts and other rec facilities.
Etc.
The Dems keep preaching that shining city on a hill story, AND THEY GET IT. But, only by taking
your tithes and offerings to build [/i]their[/i] comfortable communities.
You keep believing they care about you...they love it. In fact, the more you suffer, the more they like to tell you that you're suffering, so you'll be inclined to give even more! And of course, that means you suffer more...the cycle continues.
(It reminds me of a sketch on the old "Living Color" TV show: David Allen Grier played an infomercial guy w/ the slogan "Only YOU can make ME rich!")
Meanwhile, as they promise how much they care about you, they ridicule and deride the mores and values of Middle America. (Case in point: Webb the mysognist, pedophile author). Point blank, they HATE Middle America. But, they do like those "rubes" that continue to support them, and they try to keep it that way.
