[Lazamataz]

Narcotics wash into our country by the ton. Murders abound in major cities. Enron-type executives illegally drain corporate recources by the billions.

And they are focusing on music traders.

Eff em.

[He Rides A White Horse]

With everything that is facing us, it's hard to believe what passes as 'priority' in Washington today. These people need to be held accountable.

[eno_]

The pressure of tens of billions in contraband profits make securing the border impossible.

A porous border makes security against threats impossible to impose at the border.

Lack of security at the border means building a surveillance society.

Illegal immigrants make cutting government impossible, due to the burden on welfare and subsidized health care.

All that makes changing from an income tax to an NRST unlikely - the government wants to know everything about your money, just in case you are a terrorist, and demands to have ready access to ALL of your money.

So the only people that get to keep what they earn and have financial privacy are in the underground economy: drug runners, illegals, etc.

Ain't it grand how, because our government protects our lives incompetently and our freedom not at all, leaches and brigands enjoy the most freedom, and terrorists will find us an easy target?

Of course, some will point out that our so-far relatively untrammeled right to bitch about this and not be thrown in prison makes of better than China. YAY! We're freer than China! The Founders would be SO proud of our performance.