[expat_panama]

the WayBack machine.... 

Neat, thanks!

Ah.  The quote about "a financial burden for this largess".  We would do well to move beyond "a good start" and take on the hard work of making it happen.  First we decided what we're fixing first  --maybe we can take on the "Coming Crisis in our Democracy" that DeMint warned us about in 2001.  Your view is that it's still on it's way, it's already happened, it was avoided, or it's going to arrive after another 5 years?

[ancient_geezer]

It's well on its way if one looks at how the federal income tax is distributed across quintiles of comprehensive income, which is the primary focus of DeMint, Dr. Williams and many others as the measure by which most of the electorate perceive the cost of government in the personal finances.

Not a new focus by any means but one of substantial importance as this republic has grown and morphed across a 220+ year history.