Moochers Rule Charlotte
The city of Charlotte, NC is quite literally beyond hope for the productive. If you work or produce anything and live in Charlotte, you will be asked to work more and receive less because other people want to live off your back.
Last night the Charlotte City Council met to have a "public discussion" about how much to raise taxes -- not whether to raise them, but how much they would raise them. The bidding started at an increase of 11% and only went up from there. A number of people showed up to address the city council. NONE wanted to complain about the addition tax burden -- every single one wanted the city to raise taxes more -- and give the money to them. Perhaps next time The Ogre will go to the meeting and make the following request:I support your tax increase completely. I think you should increase the taxes by an additional 1% because people can afford it and just give me a damn check for the amount you raise it. Why? What difference does that make, I'm breathing, so use your monopoly on police power to take money from someone who earned it and give it to me.That was the argument given by various city employees last night. They want more simply because they manage to continue breathing -- they're not going to produce any more, they just demand more because they want it. If you are a productive, working
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