So my optimism isn't unbounded but we're on the right track. If we maintain the status quo, though, the end result will be to slowly, steadily slip into a socialist nightmare. We have to really *try* to overcome that inertia. I hope we're up to it.We have to up to it or the country falters and dies. This is all so frustrating and at times tiring. But when I tire, I think of the Founders. . .