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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
I agree with everything but the first sentence and the last paragraph. The reason for the sprawling federal government isbecause deep down that's what people want and what they vote for. No pol. takes on social security and medicade because it's a political third rail. No one takes on entitlements for the same reason. all the pork? we get that because the voters in Alaska actually want a bridge to nowhere. It's a joke that anyone outside of Anchorage should be paying for that bridge, but someone does actually want it.
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I personally feel no obligation to those people and their programs. I comply with tax law because if I don't I'll get in trouble.
Were it possible for me to instead give the taxes I pay to charity, at a rate in excess of what I presently pay, I would do that. I have no objection to helping people who need it. I have every imaginable objection to supporting a bloated, irresponsible govt apparatus which has become a society and country unto itself. In that realm, I am very morally comfortable cheering for people like Wesley Snipes and Ron Paul, as ludicrous as they are. May their ideas gain traction far in excess of anything they could hope.
