sometimes Democracy really sucks

[dawg]

7. People are math-challenged.

They hate property taxes because they have to pay them all at one time. A property tax cut, paid for by a regressive 1% sales tax, sounds like a good idea to them. If they did the math, most of them would realize they get the raw end of the deal.

But there is a large organization that exists solely due to the fact that the average working citizen is bad at math. It's called the Republican Party. And it is very effective.