Private-sector earnings and holdings are no longer considered to be the infinite revenue stream for government largesse once deemed. Therefore, government must find ways to get more from government. For example, Watauga County’s board of commissioners, by a narrow vote, is requesting a change in sales tax re-redistribution that would take $2 million away from the Town of Boone. On the bright side, this could be the beginning of a division and conquest; on the down side, warfare is expensive.