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There is definitely a "they" and "we" become "they" after elections. I will give you an example - our county commission implemented a tax which I feel is blatantly unconstitutional, maybe illegal. I talked to several of the commissioners about it and two of them gave me the same response - "We are going to do what we want to do, regardless of what the voters want, and we don't care if it costs us a re-election."
"They" are sleazeballs. The long version of this story for context is that the state concocted a scheme where they put a portion of gas taxes (which are used to build roads) into a grant fund for fixing bridges which can only be used by counties and only if the county implements a wheel tax on vehicle registrations. So basically we have to pay a tax in order to access tax dollars we've already paid. My county voted against it by a pretty sizable majority but the commissioners found out that they could ram it through in an emergency session without worrying that it would get shot down by the voters again...so when an old bridge fell apart, that's exactly what they did.
"They" are dangerous and cannot be held accountable. If you want proof you need look no further than Ruby Ridge or Waco.
"They" are sleazeballs. The long version of this story for context is that the state concocted a scheme where they put a portion of gas taxes (which are used to build roads) into a grant fund for fixing bridges which can only be used by counties and only if the county implements a wheel tax on vehicle registrations. So basically we have to pay a tax in order to access tax dollars we've already paid. My county voted against it by a pretty sizable majority but the commissioners found out that they could ram it through in an emergency session without worrying that it would get shot down by the voters again...so when an old bridge fell apart, that's exactly what they did.
"They" are dangerous and cannot be held accountable. If you want proof you need look no further than Ruby Ridge or Waco.