OK let's say we do it! Does it have to tax us to death? It's not that we will maybe be doing something worthwhile, it's the greedy tax hungry illegitimate children that are running the countries. If it was purely an earth saving deal without subjecting the citizens to yearly proctologist visits after tax time, I don't have a problem with it, but that's not the case!
Ah, now you've hit the nail on the head.
People have been talking about doing something for decades. But nobody listens. This is
the way things go, especially in the US. Some action is deemed necessary, and when
government steps in and says "We should do this", nobody flinches. So, the government
comes back and asks more sternly, and nobody flinches. Then, the government says
"This is going to be a regulation/law", now people start to murmur, but still ignore the
warnings, rail against the heavy-handedness, and either refuse to do anything, or move
at a less than glacial pace. So, then the government comes in and says, "We asked nicely,
we asked a little less nicely, you were warned, and now, we will fine/tax you into doing
what we asked." And that is where we are now.
Ian