Actually it not always. When Bob Kerry was governor of Nebraska he wanted and got a temporary sales tax hike. 8 months later the hike went away as promised to everybody's amazement. This made Kerry (a liberal) in this very conservative state state unbeatable ( 2 senate elections including beat a sitting GOP senator) until he attempt an ill-advised come back senate run after being out of public office and out of the state for 12 years.
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Some day in the not too distant future, horse players will betting on computer generated races over the net. Race tracks will become casinos and shopping centers. And some crooner will be belting out "there used to be a race track here".
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