Statistics don't lie, right?
Statistics show that:
-60% of the people want to pay higher Taxes of Goods and Services. (TOGS) Must be 7% and above.
-60% of the people want to pay money to use the roads.
-60% of the people want to pay more money for public transportation.
-60% of the people want to have 20% of their salary locked away for eternity.
-60% of the people do not want transparency or clarity about how the government use the public funds.
-60% of the people believe that ministers should write their own paychecks, because high salary prevents corruption.
-60% of the people want to be forced to buy an insurance policy they may not need.
-60% of the people do not want their government to be held accountable for investment losses.
-60% of the people want to pay an astronomical sum for their housing, including yearly property tax and housing loan interests.
-60% of the people want to let the government take away their homes for free after 99 years.
-60% of the people want their government to make one-sided unilateral decisions and pass on bills without consulting anyone.
-60% of the people believe that they should not have any say in their government's policies, and they should just obey.
-60% of the people believe that being conscripted into the army to work for 2 years, is a "privilege" that belongs only to local born citizens.
-60% of the people want their government to bring in more foreigners to compete with them for jobs.
-60% of the people believe that ordinary citizens who blog on the internet should be sued by high-profile politicians.
-60% of the people believe that foreigners should be given free citizenship.
-60% of the people believe that foreign students coming in to study, should be prioritized for scholarships, above the local-born students.
-60% of the people want their government to control the state media, and strive for the lowest possible press freedom index.
-60% of the people want their government to over-budget major sports events. (Must show off to the other countries that we can spend, right?)
-60% of the people want their government to spend millions to rent 2 endangered ursines from China. After all, if they can spend so much money on 2 useless animals, they must be treating their citizens really well, right?
Statistics also show that:
-40% of the people are suffering because of what 60% of the people did.
Mark Twain once said this. There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
I disagree. There are only 2 kinds of lies. The first kind of lies are blog posts. The second kind, is the dookie that politician's pull out of their buttho... I mean, mouths.
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