[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.

[mnehring]

The point of the 'Fair Tax' comment, along with gold standard, immigration, etc, was that all of the politicians are promising us 'government' solutions to fix everything. All (yes, I mean all) our candidates are saying the most terrifying sentence in the English language: I'm from the government, I'm here to help. For some reason, Conservatives are accepting it because it was qualified with their issue deJour.