[mnehring]

To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last - but eat you he will. Ronald Reagan

[mnehring]

Shameless ping to several FRiends who are good for debate.

[Petronski]

Very well done. Thanks for posting it.

[jmc813]

Good rant overall, though here's my first nitpick.

All we need is the Fair Tax; I'm from the government, I'm here to help.

I'm not fully on board with the FairTax (I think the whole "prebates" business is stupid), but compared to what we have now, it would be a vast improvement. In theory, one could decide how much he/she pays in taxes by controlling their spending. That's individual empowerment right there.

[mommya]

Well we are victims of bad monetary policy whether we whine about it or not. We can only live off the grid to a certain degree. We pretty much have to use dollars. So the gov. has helped us into a big mess in that regard - unless you actually like devalued currency. I do hope they get their act together and allow competition from a currency backed by someting - gold and silver are advised in the constitution but some other things might work. Congress needs to take back the power to “make money”, then they need to do that job properly. I won’t hold my breath though.

Oh yeah, could you please tell me where you got your tagline? Is there more to the quote...? (2nd time I’ve asked.)

[Paul Heinzman]

Very nicely done. Thank you for posting that.

[mnehring]

Our local paper decided to pick this up:

http://www.news-journal.com/search/content/news/opinion/stories/2008/03/07/03072008_letters.html

[mnehring]

btt

[Smogger]

bump to myself.

[Just another Joe]

Like it or not, we will have a moderate or liberal as our next President.

I think that says it better.

I like what you have to say, but you don't take it far enough.