Borowitz - Will There be a Tax Revolt?
In a recent column, I compared Elon Musk to George III of Great Britain—noting that Americans get pretty pissed off when an unelected rich foreigner starts messing with their taxes. The protest sign above shows that I’m not the only one making that connection.
Could we be on the brink of a tax revolt? And what would it achieve?
These questions aren’t the kooky musings of a Revolutionary War reenactor. There was, in fact, a major tax revolt in the not-so-distant past—and it succeeded in bringing down a government.
In 1987, Margaret Thatcher led the UK’s Conservative Party to a massive landslide, becoming the first prime minister since 1820 to win three straight general elections. Her campaign slogan had a triumphalist, Trumpian ring to it: “It’s Great to be Great Again.”
She appeared unstoppable—but, throbbing with hubris, she was about to commit an act of fatal overreach.
https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/will-there-be-a-tax-revolt
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