[tlug] Off-topic: Texas Airplane Issue

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

Curt Sampson writes:

 > When you're looking at any argument related to taxation, you do have to
 > keep in mind that, though (from an economic point of view) real-world
 > taxes are generally very inefficent, to have a government at all is
 > inevitably going to involve a fair amount of inefficiency and it's still
 > better than true anarchy.

And way better than an efficient government.  Remember, Mussolini got
high marks for making the trains run on time.

The real problem is mixing democracy with politics.  The ancient
"bread and circuses" problem.