In Utah, a ‘Company Town’ Means Just That
24th July 2007
NYT. Very interesting. Note the reason why.
“We’re just like anybody else, and yet we get no county services,” Mr. Syrett said. “That’s what the Boston Tea Party was about — taxation without representation.
And note the reaction of the kleptocrats in the county government:
“We got shafted,” Mr. Dodds said. “I think it’s just wrong that a private corporation can incorporate as a town and use taxpayers’ money to enhance their business. It’s an unfair business advantage.”
Note especially the phrase “taxpayers’ money”. What Mr Dodds really means here is “our money”. Doesn’t matter that they’r generating the bulk of this “taxpayers’ money”. Doesn’t matter that they’re the taxpayers in question. It’s all Mr Dodds’ money.