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Originally Posted by kenyee

The people will never rise up and fight back. We're still in the "let's vote for the lesser of two lizards" rut and the lizards are trying to change the electoral voting system to a populist vote so they only have to win the 11 most populated states to win the election.

Yep, fed income tax is nuts but doesn't hurt as much as Canada's...GST/PST, etc...they still end up paying a good 10-20% more than we do

Very true! On top of that, it's become a race between the two "lizards" as to who can give away the most from the public treasury to "buy" votes!

Since we are not a true democracy but a federalist republic (thus the electoral college like you point out), many want us to become a true democracy by making it a populist vote, which as Alexander Tytler so eloquently stated "is doomed to be short-lived as soon as the populace realizes it can vote themselves monetary payouts from the public coffers".

...and you are right about our Canadia brethren. They have a burden!

Ah, but photography takes us away from the worries of politics and taxes!