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It appears that the use of the budgetary or legislative grenade has become commonplace.
What I mean by that term is there are (repeatedly) unpopular and downright wrong decisions made by elected officials who then package the legislation in such a way that it does not take affect for a period of time (5 -10 years +). Then, when the "thing" happens all of those in office can point fingers down to their predecessor, or count on the ignorance of their constituents in not tracking down the origin of the tax, fine, levy, pork, earmark or wasteful spending and program cancellation.
The Maryland legislature is expert in this and apparently have been spending time with their cronies at the other end or Route 50. All too often when the taxpayers of this State have their pockets picked, there is some guy in a $1000 suit doing a press conference lamenting how they were powerless to stop the onset of whatever it was.
Bad decisions are bad decisions regardless of how long you cut the time fuse and in the end the American people are the ones who take the hit.
R10
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"There are more instances of the abridgment of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations"
James Madison
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