I don't know what state you're in, but here the state gov only cares about low taxes, and the local gov only cares about personally profiting off of zoning changes and "development" plans. (There are no insider trading rules for real estate, after all)
Federal government isn't much different. Notice how raising taxes - even just on the very wealthiest Americans - is completely out of the question for the Democratic party. So when the GOP is in power they slash taxes and when the Dems get control they refuse to even raise taxes back to what they were previously because a) they think they'll lose middle class whites and b) their donors don't like it.
I don't know what state you're in, but here the state gov only cares about low taxes, and the local gov only cares about personally profiting off of zoning changes and "development" plans. (There are no insider trading rules for real estate, after all)
Federal government isn't much different. Notice how raising taxes - even just on the very wealthiest Americans - is completely out of the question for the Democratic party. So when the GOP is in power they slash taxes and when the Dems get control they refuse to even raise taxes back to what they were previously because a) they think they'll lose middle class whites and b) their donors don't like it.
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