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There should be accountability for the taxes we already pay.
Congressman A gets elected because he tells his district that he will get them A, and then get rid of B for their tax dollars.
Congressman B gets elected because he tells his district the he will get them B, and then get rid of A for their tax dollars.
Both Congressmen A and B get to Congress and try to get what the people from each of their districts want but find themselves at an impasse with each other.
Then Congressman C shows up with a spending bill that everyone likes...so there is a spending bill where everyone could get C.
Congressman A and B look at each other, nod, and tell Congressman C they won't vote for spending bill C if both they don't get items A and B on as a rider for the spending of C.
Congressman C really wants the bill that everyone wants with item C in it to pass...so he says yes to Congressman A and B and puts items A and B quietly on as a rider to his bill
Spending bill C from Congressman C is about to go to vote when Lobbyists 1 to 100 come in and say, well, my people are too poor to pay for this and Lobbyists 101 to 200 say that their wealthy clients want to keep more millions in their pockets and both sets of Lobbyists have enough Congressmen and in their pockets to vote against the bill.
Congressmen A, B, and C really want the bill to pass so they to Lobbyists 1 to 200, sure, no problem, and amend spending bill C to reflect that.
Finally, spending bill C passes. which means that the middle class will pay for item C, which the nation wants. And the middle class will pay for items A and B....which will do nothing for them because most of them do not live in Congressmen A's or B's districts....but they have the pleasure for paying for it.
So who is at fault? The Congressmen? The lobbyists?
Answer: neither. The people are at fault.
If everyone had the same agenda, spending would not be an issue. But the needs and wants of one district are different than those of another. But all districts demand that the people they vote for get them what they want, or at least look like they are trying. The Congressmen have to please the people who vote them in, the Congressman also have to please the people who fund their campaigns. The loser in all of this is the middle class who don't have enough clout in either votes or influence to make the taxation stop.
Everybody wants their programs to happen.
Nobody wants to pay for it.
But they both have to happen in to make the people happy, but there has to be a loser...and that is the group with the least amount of power. And that is also how budgets grow and taxes get higher....
Because everyone thinks they are most important and entitled persons on the earth so why shouldn't they get what they want?