Katze mit Wut

No, seriously. Didn't put up much of a fight, neither — I'm running late as it is, and I'm dubious about that whole phoning-while-driving thing to begin with. I'd have been happy to put up a fight about a speeding fine — often, speed limits seem rather arbitrary, I mean, they expect you to drive slower in shit weather, so why can't you drive faster when the circumstances (weather, traffic, alertness etc.) warrant it? Anyway, they take their sweet time. So I end up being late. Later.

Of course now, the appointment goes down the drain. I make a new one, but since it's the critical path for something, I need to completely reorganize the next ten days. I'm not a happy camper.

The fact that Inland Revenue let me know they're missing some details and I'll consequently be sorting and adding up bank statements and bills for the rest of the day doesn't really help my mood all that much.

I hate being reminded of how much of my money they get. You know, I honestly wouldn't mind if it went to the poor or something, but they take all that money, and welfare's still going to hell? What's up with that?
I vaguely remember that once upon a time, people put their tax money in escrow — "I'm entirely willing to pay what's due — as long as you guarantee you won't buy tanks using my money." Wasn't legal. Really makes me wonder, though — what if? What better way to serve the public trust? What better way to deflect criticism? To quench it in the bud, so to say? "We'd have liked to do X like we said, but the public wouldn't allocate any money for it." So, what risks are involved here? One obvious scenario would be old people refusing to invest in anything long-term, pensioners against education, or somesuch. What else? Let me know in the comments!