Axe the Tax

There's a movement in Britain that I wish would make its way across the pond: private businesses blackballing politicians who make decisions that negatively impact their work.
Take for instance, Alistair Darling. Don't let the cutesy last name fool you, this guy 'aint nobody's darling--though I think he's been called every other name in the book.
The grass roots movement 'Axe the Tax' sprang up in opposition to Darling's presumption that he can stick his dirty little hands in the tills of UK pubs.

While the movement is making a good run of it, attracting barrels full of celebrity supporters, the tax has hit the UK pub scene hard. As reported by The Guardian, the tax is at fault for the closing of some 2000 pubs across the country and the loss of over 20,000 jobs (with 75k more jobs at risk).

But back to this hilarious idea of businesses actually retaliating by barring politicians. Can you imagine if US industries did this? Schwarzenegger and skeletor...uh, I mean Maria Shriver would never get a glass of wine again. She'd probably sober up and realize that Arnold doesn't look like the terminator anymore and that it wasn't just because she was she's shit-faced--she really can't understand a word he says.

All these politicians advocating taxes on oil companies' profits couldn't find a gas attendant to fill up their SUVs and would have to resort to using the hot air in their heads to fuel their travels.

Regulators stealing money from citizens and giving it to pet banks and firms to keep them in business will be relegated to using only these obviously inferior institutions and/or hiding their wealth in gold bars under their beds.

Oh what a world that would be.