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We all know that tax increases affect behavior and suppress tax collections. My sense is that this time around the effect will be more severe than in the past for two reasons:

(1) Many "boomers" are approaching retirement age. A lot of them are small business owners who will simply retire rather than pay even higher taxes.

(2) The conservatives among us will refuse to fund the socialist agenda that is being jammed down our throats. We will find ways to reduce our taxable income.

For my part, both factors apply to me...

We will find ways to reduce our taxable income.

A second front could be to put sand in the socialist gears, help turn every redistributionist program into an over-budget disaster, not that it wouldn't become one anyway. The internet is our information friend. We now have super-human powers of communication, open source wisdom, and information sharing.

Another thing is to keep up appearances of wealth: a beautiful green lawn, the house front in good repair, a clean new-looking SUV, a smoking chimney, laughter and happiness. Tell all your neighbors about the great restaurants and vacations out there. Don't let them win in their effort to turn America into Cuba Norte.

The root cause of war is envy, and envy is attacking. This war has broken out and is on!