Today I explained the merits of the National Retail Sales Tax (The Fair Tax) to yet another class of business math students. The response I get, though, is always the same: “Why haven’t we done this yet?”
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Mr. Smith has always been – according to the report – a conservative Democrat. He now calls himself a moderate Republican. In his words: “It’s not a big leap going from a super conservative Democrat to a Republican.”
What a contrast to the almost college-party atmosphere that surrounded the signing of the health care reform bill. Festivity surrounds the enactment of a rotten bill that among other things provides for abortion. Closed doors and no ceremonies accompany an act that saves babies.
The entire government is meant to be at odds with itself – with a certain amount of distrust and perhaps hostility –in order to protect the Republic which it serves.
I think Americans – from both parties as the poll shows – are finally waking up that government is not the answer.
