Tax and Control

Tax and Control,Tax and Control...who in their right mind could be going along with this stuff? Ronald Reagan knew that lower tax and more freedom is the best option. I thought that most of us agreed. We let our guard down and now the progressives are coming at us from every direction. Progressives, by the way, believe that a vast array of government rules administered by an army of bureaucrats can bring about the optimal social/economic results. There is a fundamental disagreement here between advocates of freedom and advocates of control. I thought that Noam Chomsky and his like were on the ash heap of history but no more. I do not think that any arguments, such as those advanced in the last hundred or so posts on this cite, will ever make a dent in their thinking. All we can do is fight the good fight in the knowledge that truth in the end will prevail.

I have a copy of Ludvig von Mises' book "Bureaucracy." I can't find my copy right now. It is highly recommended reading. The US Senate today fought off the Wall Street take-over bill. Conservatives in Congress must not give in an inch. We need to support good conservative candidates to the best of our ability in order to have a fighting chance.

See what Sarah Palin has to say about this Pennsylvania politician she endorses at Time for Choosing, linked to this blog:

"Tim Burns:

The Businessman vs. the Bureaucrat

In a year when Americans are desperate for job growth and frustrated with the reckless spending in Washington, the candidates running in the special election in Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District epitomize the problem and the solution. It’s a race between a career Washington bureaucrat and a small business entrepreneur...."

Check out the rest of her remarks by going to my profile and scrolling to the bottom. April 26 is the post I quoted above (but they are all good.)