@Hwy1 By special interest groups (RE: "taxpayers paying for things in which they are uninvolved and or dis-interested") are you referring to 

 Highways, for those who don't drive? 

 Elder care, for those without aged parents? 

 Childcare, for those without children? 

 Healthcare, for those without illness? 

 Corporate subsidies, for those opposed to big business? 

 Libraries, for the illiterate? 

 Armed services, for the pacifists? 

 Heritage groups, for those who don't see the value in heritage? 

 Employment Insurance, for the employed? 

 The pulp and paper industry, for those who use electronics and hand wiping exclusively? 

 The arts, for the Philistines? 

 Sports, for the couch potatoes? 

 The dairy industry, for the lactose intolerant? 

 The seal hunt, for animal activists? 

 Travel and tourism, for homebodies? 

 Technology, for Luddites? 

 Small business loans, for big business? 

 Atomic energy, for hippies? 

 OIl and gas, for environmentalists? 


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