Monday, May 10, 2010

services and taxes

About 60% of us want more government services and
About 60% of us want lower taxes.
The problem, of course, is the 20% that want both.

3 comments:

  1. Problem 1 - Those who want both. Problem 2 - Those who belive both are possible. Problem 3 - Those who want both AND believe both are possible.

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  2. A related article - http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/27/were-too-broke-to-be-this-stupid/

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  3. The pedantic mathematician in me must point out that, given your assumptions about the population, it's *at least* 20% that want both. :-)

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