"why are americans passively accepting the biggest tax rip-off ever?"
indeed. i am pretty mad about it, but i'm also apathetically sitting on my couch blogging about it instead of actually doing something. hm. thus, the post-modern american experience.
update:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XreAnHG8xu4 people DID protest! but the news media will never cover this. you just have to hear about it through underground channels. god i wish i could protest. i would be out there chanting, "you broke it, you bought it!' with them. =D
maybe i'm re-gaining faith in the american people. i think. maybe.