Post #334 Ineptocracy

(in-ep-toc'-ra-cy) - A system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers.

Let me rephrase that definition: (in-ep-toc'-ra-cy) - A system of government where the lazy are elected by the lazy, and where the lazy are rewarded with goods and services paid for only by the stolen wealth of the non-lazy.

Why are the lazy (those least capable of leading) elected? Because the non-lazy will NOT run for election.

Government -- particularly federal government -- is a gold mine (google Mitch McConnell and see how much his wealth has increased since the Great Recession began). But as Donald Trump knows, the real money is in the private sector. EGO is the only reason the non-lazy will run -- and that is a poor reason to run.

As you know -- or should know, gentle reader (unless you've been busy counting your millions -- $$$), the playing field is NOT level. Being lazy/non-lazy is NOT always a factor in success -- for evidence. I offer Paris Hilton. :p

EVERYBODY pays taxes -- welfare queens, illegal immigrants. In North Carolina, we have a 4.5% sales tax -- a person who spends $10 a day on food contributes 45 cents every day to the government coffers. Surely, states without a sales tax have some way of sticking it to EVERYBODY! ;O

As for the 'stolen' money, it is called taxation WITH representation; taxation WITHOUT representation was why we fought the Revolutionary War. Nobody is stealing money today.

Where I live, we have a system of government where citizens are elected by citizens, and the unalienable rights of all citizens are secured by taxes paid by all --citizens AND non-citizens.

Obviously, no, things do not always work that way, but it is something we strive for.