THE MANDATE OF THE ULTRA-HARRIERS JERRY AND SAM · TO THE
HALLITES
Make sure every bureaucrat has a job
Chapter 11
In fact, this first guideline is so important that the second guideline is really just kind of an insurance policy for the first,
2Being:
3The answer to all complaints about the way the government does its job is the same,
4iNamely, raising the taxes of the people who complain.
5If people rant and rave about budget deficits,
6Threaten to raise taxes.
7If they object to higher taxes and start talking about waste in government,
8Lay off some jpolice,
9And some kfiremen,
10And some lgarbage collectors,
11Because the only reason people like that are on the government payroll in the first place is to be visible,
12So “the people” will think they’re getting something for their tax dollars, that is, something other than your mwhite Monte Carlo and your great pension plan,
13And so “the people” will see that there’s no alternative to a tax increase when police and firemen have to be laid off because neveryone else on the payroll is so indispensable.
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