Trego's Mountain Ear

A young woman who published as DataRepublican has been doxxed – outed with her address, etc.  Not necessarily a big deal, except she’s a bit autistic and deaf, communicating in ASL, and she’s a bit uncertain about her language skills.  This post shows me that her written command of the English language is good – and her thinking skills are equally good:

It’s a simple concept – somewhere along the line, the government ceased to deal with citizens and started dealing with revenue sources.  Here’s a link to an interview with the lady. She describes her next project – and it’s basically a sociology research technique.  It’s worth clicking the link and seeing the lady communicate.

As I recall, it was Lincoln who started the income tax (and the draft), so it’s been with us for quite a while.  The idea that the role of citizen changed to revenue source – well, the concept isn’t alien to me, but she expressed it very well.  It’s a lot easier to mistreat your revenue sources than your fellow citizens.