This is a standard anti-pattern of politics: temporary measures to deal with the current emergency, to be repealed when the time is right. There is a strong tendency for the right time to never arrive.
In Britain, the present income tax is a temporary measure, introduced in 1842 (by Sir Robert Peel, in the year following his party’s election, before which he had opposed the tax.) It expires every year. And every year, without fail, it is renewed for another year.
This is a standard anti-pattern of politics: temporary measures to deal with the current emergency, to be repealed when the time is right. There is a strong tendency for the right time to never arrive.
In Britain, the present income tax is a temporary measure, introduced in 1842 (by Sir Robert Peel, in the year following his party’s election, before which he had opposed the tax.) It expires every year. And every year, without fail, it is renewed for another year.
Or even better, to be phased out when the time is right! Renewal is so embarrassing.