Let’s Kill Our Representatives

Figuratively, at least…

Allan Milne Lees

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Taxation, but why representation?

Have you ever stopped to wonder why we elect people to “represent” us in the political arena? It really has nothing to do with democracy. After all, Athens had a vibrant democracy more than two thousand five hundred years ago and they had no representatives. Instead, every enfranchised…

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Allan Milne Lees

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