
Georgia (the state in which I live) has bowed to freeloader pressure, and is enacting an irresponsible, libertarian wet-dream of a consumer weekend; no sales tax! Whee! Never mind that the state is losing money left and right, and that basic services are being terminated. "But why does that pertain to me? I'm not on welfare", you may be thinking. What the fuck ever; roads, police, infrastructure, are all underwritten with tax dollars, as is education. But, because a lot of people have it set in their minds that "Taxes is bad, yu-huh" and don't think they should pay for these services, we have this stupid policy.
While I am incredibly opposed to this on governmental, philosophical, and economic reasons, it's also annoyingly personal for me. Because I work in one of the areas that is tax exempt, I can count on working 14 hour days, four days straight, so that selfish, irresponsible tax freeloaders can save a tiny bit of money.
Weep for me, and weep for those poor customers who have to suffer through my sleep-deprived, exhausted performance.
Edit: Hyperbole alert
In the rant above, the term "libertarian" is used to indicate the shallow, selfish people who ostensibly want guns and drugs with no taxes on anything but a continuation of fundamental services who, in times of more careful speech/writing I refer to as "those irresponsible and selfish folks who give other libertarians a bad name". Unfortunately, the vast majority of those who label themselves libertarian with whom I have come into contact over the years have fallen into that category; the number of thoughtful, reflective libertarians with whom I have come into contact is much, much smaller.