History has shown, time and time again, that a particular tax that is levied for specific earmarks will
A) Grow to be larger than originally planned
B) Be spent on things other than originally intended (more often than not, just become a source of general funds)
C) Continue to be levied when the problem is was levied for disappears or drastically lessens.
Which is why I favor either a flat national sales tax, a flat income tax, or a flat negative income tax, to replace all current forms of taxation (with the possible exception of fines). Why flat? So rises and dips in government expenditures are as transparent as possible to people of all income groups, rather than using the current trick of cutting miniscule taxes on middle and lower income brackets while jacking up already high taxes on higher income brackets or corporations.
And to make this on-topic: Warner Bros.
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