Taxation WITHOUT Representation.

My friend John May and I were having a discussion about politics and everything wrong with the world when the topic of the fair tax came up and it occurred to me that we as a country had operated for over a hundred years without a federal income tax and it got me thinking, just how was that possible. I mean you always hear that we wouldn't have roads without it, or schools, or even welfare right. Wrong, it occurs to me that any of these things being implemented by the federal government would be completely unconstitutional. Now I am a simple man, I'll admit that, but I find that life often gives simple solutions. These should all be the responsibility of the state for the simple reason that if you don't like the way a state is being run and you happen to be in the minority, you have the option of 49 other states to move to. As a federal program, there is no choice.

It really gets my blood boiling lately because the thoughts of "that is the governments responsibility" still rings in the back on my mind from only a year ago. I mean it was the way I was taught to think. Then Obama took office and his policies really turned my world upside down. Its like all these things that I thought were just natural were suddenly thrown into gear and driven off a cliff and I was being asked to give up all my freedom simply because I had worked hard to get where I am and it was "unfair" that others that had no ambition or drive could not share in my success. And I am not even that successful. My parents were unable to give me higher education, I obtained that on my own. I spent many sleepless nights for years learning 3D and programming to get to a middle class job, all the while struggling to pay tuition, Taxes, and take care of a family. Don't tell me that Pooky deserves a piece of my success because he didn't know any better than to rob, rape, and steal. I had those same choices. I had an alcoholic Father. I knew better! The difference is that I had the motivation to do better and to make something of myself. Pookey on the other hand was let out of prison after a fraction of his sentence and handed a welfare check. What motivation did he have to succeed when he could spend the whole day high off the governments payroll? These Progressive reasons don't jive with me anymore.

My problem is that I have been unable to figure out how we get out of this mess and I know the first part is through education, but the more I learn, the more I see how complicated the whole system has become. I think the answer is in simplification of the system. The best place to start is by shrinking the tumor; federal government. The best way to do that is to cut off its support. Killing the 16th (and the 17th amendment). Without a unlimited money supply the states take the role they were designed for and the limited government that is left has to live off of a limited supply of cash.

If you made it this far then you are probably interested enough to read this.

http://www.constitutionallycorrect.org/Political-Philosophy/State-Sovereignty/state-sovereignty-Part-2.htm