21-10-2016 17:38 via huffingtonpost.ca

Taxpayers Should Keep Hissing For Savings From TransLink Mayors

There's an old political philosophy, coined by the French court of King Louis XIV 350 years ago, that still rings true: "The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the least possible amount of hissing."
The TransLink mayors forgot that axiom last year when they spent millions trying to convince taxpayers to hand over a new sales tax to TransLink -- an agency widely reviled for its wasteful spending. The people hissed loudly in the plebi
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