gets on stage and says "we need new tax increases to help those who need public assistance!"

Yet the reality is this: public assistance programs are ass. Communities who need the assistance most are grossly undeserved and live in squalor with inefficient, incompetent, and and misguided public programs, despite the fact that taxes only increase and flood state agencies with more than enough $ to address the problems and come to the aid of these communities.

With the amount of wealth this nation has, tax $ could easily build the infrastructure for nation-wide broadband, massively enhanced infrastructure within poor communities that are rivaling 3rd world conditions, and revolutionized health-care/food delivery systems/educational/social programs that really improve the the floor standard-of-living that every citizen should enjoy. Instead, we've got police officers making 109k w/ the people's money so that they break spines, be nowhere to be found when someone is in need, and be everywhere to be found when it's time to issue traffic infractions, drug charges, and court-dates laden with exorbitant fees.

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