Tuesday, May 12, 2009

STROGER STRIKES AGAIN

So nobody likes taxes, so what else is new? And what we especially don't like are King Stroger's taxes, however, that's not new either
My fellow Americans and local protesters, maybe you need to re-check your US History notes to get the facts here. Taxes are the rent you pay to live in a country. When Adams and Jefferson kicked up a storm over King George's taxes, it wasn't the taxes as much as how the taxes were being raised.
The battle cry was: "No taxation without representation!" We the people didn't have a voice in the Parliament. Fast forward to 2009. We the people do have a voice on the Cook County Board, only we the people don't use it. And that, dear dissenter, is the real eye of this storm.
Mr. Stroger will remind us we have 17 elected voices on that Board. And he'd be right. However, name two you remember voting for! And one who remembers you! You see, there's where the storm hits landfall. We the people don't do our job in the election, and the winners don't do their job after the election.
But remember -- democracy is not like monarchy. It's not a one-time affair. It's an everyday affair. So why are you wasting time here...?

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