PM - I will accept your explanation that what you posted was a response to another post ... Though how I was supposed to know that is a challenge...

As for what is possible... at one time, the mere thought of America was impossible. Some exceptional men made it a possible thing. The only thing preventing us from becoming more free again is ourselves.

Everytime anyone, whether "conservative" or "liberal" rejoices in someone else losing a "right", WE allow the government to control us more ...

Regardless of one's political point of view, we have even seen the roll back of SOME government control in the last ten years. In 1998, It was passed by a Republican congress and signed by a Democratic president that the burden of proof in Tax cases would be on the government, not the citizen. One of our basic freedoms is "innocent until proven guilty", yet, from 1950 until 1998, when it came to the IRS, you were "guilty until proven innocent".

That was a major first step towards getting this freedom, and people laughed when it was first proposed, in 1995, that we eliminate that concept... "guilty until proven innocent".

For some interesting reading, go to Fairtax.org ... It is an already existing group which seeks the precise smaller government we all desire. It also explains in detail how the low wage earners are protected by this proposal... there are no taxes paid under this concept by people up to the poverty level.

And when a drug dealer buys a $1,000,000 boat, HE pays $230,000 in taxes....

It would be fun to have a few beers and talk about ALL the benefits of this...