Thank you, I do try to be.
One of these days, you've really got to put together an 'about' page so the rest of us could get a handle on where you're coming from. This thing you have on money lenders-- some people hate them on religious grounds, some because they're afraid of handling money, other's use credit cards and mortgages like everyone else but they don't think community groups should be allowed to.
'Just curious about where you are on this.
I have nothing against lending in and of itself. I have a home mortgage. But I am inclined against borrowing and do basically have a pay as you go mentality. The main thing I want to say on that, however, is that what a free person does with his own finances is not analogous to a federal government confiscating someone else's money and doing what THEY want with it. It's nowhere near apples to apples.
You want to provide the government with leverage in the form of the good old US taxpayer so that it can spend even more, grow the debt even bigger, and move even farther down the road without bothering to address some obvious budgetary problems on the horizon. I totally disagree with that mentality.
Do you remember the Contract with America? The Fiscal Responsibility Act? Balanced Budget Amendment? Just 10 years ago they were key GOP planks. Now the GOP is run by Keynesean deficit spenders, and the kool aid drinking grass roots appears to be along for the ride. Ross Perot brought the deficit issue to the forefront in 92, Gingrich picked it up, and the results were very positive. Far moreso than anything that GW has done. That's where I am coming from on it.