Please find and interview " Mr. Irate Taxpayer "

    " Mr. Irate Taxpayer " seems to be a prominent  character every year in every Rhode Island election.  The cynic in me suspects that he is merely a cartoon character of no particular class, profession, neighborhood, or ethnic group. He is so very irate about his unbearable tax burden. Yet so smug in his Homeric self-esteem that he never imagines himself on the receiving end of ANY government entitlement. Could Mr. Irate Taxpayer be just a code name for our local ruling class ? Does HE get to select the winners in our upcoming city and state elections ?   Praise American democracy .