Fear mongering in politics.

[drleo]

Yeah, that's nothing new. But I got a political ad in the mail today that just impressed me with how equally novel and shameless it was.

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[tigerknight]

Oy.

[aeto]

And the best thing, from what I understand, is that the big corporate distributers are paying for these ads.

IE, the big corporations are trying to buy the election, by implying the OTHER big corporations are trying to buy the election.

[drleo]

Apparently that's okay, because those corporations already bought off our democracy!

[thor_leifson]

Call me when Washington decides to implement income tax and lower the stupid sales tax.

I'm tired of paying 10% on groceries.

[drleo]

A measure to implement an income tax failed last year. But you know even if they implement an income tax, that won't make the sales tax go away.

At least the sales tax only applies to processed goods in the grocery store.

[crafting_change]

in MD even beer has to go first through a distributor.. which = me searching high and low for good Belgian ale