By the standards of honest, if unorthodox, accounting, government workers don't pay taxes, but are paid out of taxes. In other words, they pay taxes out of money confiscated from taxpayers, who, in turn, pay taxes twice: on their own income and on the income of members of the bureaucracy. At the very least, this should disqualify state workers from voting.
Ilana MercerThe rights to life, liberty and property were not meant to be subject to the vagaries of majority rule.
Ilana MercerGovernment jobs are not an addition to the country's payroll; they are an increase in the nation's payload.
Ilana Mercer