i thunk so

Ron Paul is not going to play the class envy games, and that pisses “under-advantaged” people off. The irony is that the dismantling of the federal government’s bureaucracy behemoth would be the best thing for those less fortunate people. I don’t know too many poor or lower-class people who employ hundreds of people. You know…jobs? The things that allow people to take paychecks home? And if Ron Paul had the blessing of America’s voters, those lower-class people would stand to gain the most.

A fixed-percentage consumption tax would grade the tax scale against the wealthy by the natural order of things. Rich people spend more. The lower-to-middle-class working Joes would get to keep their paychecks and put away more of THEIR OWN MONEY for things like cars and houses — things they can’t even dream of affording today.

By de-centralizing the federal government’s power seat, you systematically force them to ease their grip on your day-to-day life. Everyone pretends to be so paranoid about Big Brother, but they will pout and kick and scream the moment they don’t get what they want from the Feds — national health care is a good example of how people are swallowing the dogma of the nanny state whole.

Weak and ignorant people look for the path of least resistance. Life is hard.

Sending power back to the States was the purpose of the Constitution. The Constitution was supposed to outline the LIMITED POWER of the federal government.

I heard a great quote the other day about freedom that I don’t remember exactly, but it was something like: “The dirty little secret about freedom — and also the absolute beauty of it — is that you’re on your own.” The moment you throw yourself at the mercy of the government, you become a slave to it.

I don’t know about the rest of this country, but I’m looking to get rid of my chains.

Filed by JP at 3:50 am under Rants, Government, Democracy