In return for our tax payments
The services offered by the government are important. They have told us so. In return for our tax dollars the government agrees to take care of jobs that would otherwise be too expensive to handle. So right now I am watching what amounts to a double mess. Our postal system is broken. Over the last four weeks mail has been sitting inside of buildings not being delivered. The government has decided that the striking workers have to stop and get back to work. In return the outdated contract will continue until something changes. Meanwhile the government has also announced a tax holiday. Over the next month or so we should expect to spend less at the store on a large list of objects because the tax has been withdrawn. However that same government does not understand the mechanics of their own system. The tax holiday as we know it should begin today. When the company is not ready the government has told them to just carry on as normal. Collect the usual taxes and remit them just like before. The consumer can then appeal to the government for a return of those taxes. I get the feeling that this will be impractical. As one pundit put it, a clown show. The government is unable to provide proper mail service or taxation service So what is left? Well we could say the military but the government has also under spent on that. At least according to all of our allies. I keep wondering what the government is doing on a day-to-day basis since they seem to be missing the boat on a number of items. Including the boat. We depend on ferry service but break now that is also broken. Will it get fixed? Eventually I suppose because governments do keep a checklist of what they have not yet completed. I will make a bet that our taxes will be collected on time to the cent. We may not use the cent but they do.
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