[Tax-chick]

government is the problem in the first place

There you have it, in one easy lesson. For just about any "problem" or source of controversy we could name, government either is the cause or is preventing solutions.

[Mase]

Yup. So why do so many here work themselves into a lather insisting that we abdicate our freedoms and empower government to tax us more while exerting greater control over our economy and personal liberty by telling what we can buy, who we can buy from, and what price we should pay?

IIRC, we fought a war over this very thing back in the 18th century, and the guys who got the ball rolling made an example out of tea. They called themselves the Sons of Liberty. We ignore them today at our own peril.