re: taxes going up

i originally posted this in response to the status of my cousin and her former roommate, but i feel it should have a place on my blog, too.

you know, ladies, please share this with chelsea, too. the taxes that we pay here are SO substantially less than in places like canada. taxes pay for things like the roads, the high schools you went to, programs to help victims, they pay to keep jails secure and kept up. in the grand scheme of things, i can't believe that is politically the most important thing to the two of you. if it is, i'm very sad about that. i was not going to say anything, but i truly would like to have an open conversation about it.

the taxes that we have been paying have also been going to pay for the billions of dollars we've spent in iraq. they're going to bail out the financial disaster on wall street. taxes are a necessary evil in life, and they end up benefiting you whether you like them or not. you would go through life without health insurance for yourself or your children, would you? not if you could afford it.

taxes are like insurance. the higher rates you pay - the better protection you receive.