Suggested edit RG: "This is all a reflection of how UTTERLY incompetent our government is".
Seems governments can no longer DO anything well. Any 'brownouts' lately? Are your local police and fire departments fully staffed, with competent, well trained people? Have you checked the condition of local highways, or your municipal or regional water supply? Does your community face an imminent crisis in garbage or sewage disposal?
How long does it take to get a building permit, or open a business, in your town? How many local businesses in your area have closed - done in by regulatory compliance costs?
And lastly - how much of your gross income goes to taxes and fees - local, regional, state, and federal taxes and fees suck up ever larger slices of our income - for ever shrinking, ever less effective "services".
Suggested edit RG: "This is all a reflection of how UTTERLY incompetent our government is".
Seems governments can no longer DO anything well. Any 'brownouts' lately? Are your local police and fire departments fully staffed, with competent, well trained people? Have you checked the condition of local highways, or your municipal or regional water supply? Does your community face an imminent crisis in garbage or sewage disposal?
How long does it take to get a building permit, or open a business, in your town? How many local businesses in your area have closed - done in by regulatory compliance costs?
And lastly - how much of your gross income goes to taxes and fees - local, regional, state, and federal taxes and fees suck up ever larger slices of our income - for ever shrinking, ever less effective "services".
It's ALL broken.
D. E. I.
Took me 13 months to get my replacement Original Birth Certificate (born in London while dad was serving in USAF) to get my Real ID driver's license.
That's because you are a taxpaying citizen.
Drug smugglers, arms dealers, and human traffickers get theirs much faster.
Looks like it's time to Go Pirate!
Better!