He signed CFR, the farm bill, tried to set up the TIPs gestapo and generally started enlarging the government at every opprotunity after Cheney was seperated from him following 9/11.
The political situation of this country makes me quite pessimistic. 3rd parties will never win( and a lot of big L libertarians have some very bad foreign policy ideas) and the Republican party has to some degree been infiltrated by socialist( about to be made worse by the imminent retirement of some of the few remaining true conservartives Armey, Thurmond, Helms, Gramm) if the socialist control both parties completely then its all over.
In Alexander Tyler's Democracy cycle we are approaching the dependency phase if we are not there already.
In Alexander Tyler's Democracy cycle we are approaching the dependency phase if we are not there already.
You are so right.
For those who are not already familiar with Tytler's observation, it can be found at:
The next step is, indeed, the last one and our collective foot is already raised for that last step. Is it any wonder that wealthy Americans are fleeing our shores in record numbers? They aren't leaving in such huge numbers to avoid a few points in taxes (they pay some taxes wherever they go). They are fleeing to escape the looming bondage, of which Tytler speaks.