Smaller Government, Lower Taxes, More Freedom

Sounds good, doesn't it? Smaller government, lower taxes, more freedom. In the wake of the Obama presidency and a congress controlled by the insane spending spree democrats, it sounds especially good.

I'm leaning more and more these days to the Libertarian point of view. If you haven't heard much about the Libertarians, you should check them out. You can to to the Libertarian Party website to read more about their views and beliefs.

And, if you haven't read Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, you are but a pup in the growth stage of your political philosophy. Ah, but if only I were the Queen of the world. Atlas Shrugged would be on every human being's required reading list.

Atlas Shrugged is the story of what will happen if the thinkers and creators of the world ever decide to NOT participate in the great experiment of socialism. Just dwell on that for a minute. What will happen when there are no rich people to tax for all of your big government desires? What will happen when they decide that they have had enough?

"Ok, so the government is going to start increasing taxes on everything I earn. I've got enough to live comfortably, maybe I oughta quit earning anything, see where THAT leaves them. Let's see them finance health care for an entire country without the wealthy!"

You see, our society CANNOT exist as it does now without the wealthy to support all those big government programs everybody seems so fond of. How long before the wealthy get tired of supporting us?

As bad as I hate Wal-Mart, I know in my heart that the free market is a good thing. I can choose NOT to shop there anytime I want. And I haven't spent a penny there, not for 2 years now. I choose not to shop there, instead choosing to support other companies. For all my complaining, I want people to follow my path and choose to let them rot. But it still will need to be their choice. As an individual in this supposedly free country, I should have the right to do business with whomever I please, any time I want.

The government needs to get out of the picture. Government and economics just don't mix well, and every time the government steps into the economic picture, we end up with a big fiasco. Like Chrysler, for instance. And GM. If the government hadn't been piddling around with the US Auto Industry for the past 30 years or so, insisting on big labor unions having a say in how they run their businesses, insisting that they follow incredible environmental rules, and generally mucking things up, we wouldn't be facing big bail-outs and inevitable bankruptcies right now.

How about the Republicans? They are not where I want our government to go, either. Always poking their collective noses into my bedroom, my religion, my schools, my local and state government, and other people's nations, I can't help but to believe that they have gotten so far off of the right track that they have also become a bad thing. Fiscal responsibility is NOT one of the Republican party's strong points any longer.

Less government. Lower Taxes. More Freedom. Sounds like the Libertarian Party fits the bill for me.

I've heard all the arguments against voting for third party candidates. But I cannot support the big 2 any longer. The left is so far left they want the government to become the ulitmate nanny state and wipe our collective behinds for us. The right is not really right any longer, they want the government to become the ulitmate nanny state and tell us what to think and believe. I find Libertarians smack in the middle, not wanting the government to do anything for us. I like that.

Smaller government, lower taxes, more freedom.

I've been reading about the tea parties and the people who are "Going Galt." Great idea. Here's some great articles and blogs on the subject....
Freedom Works' Rossputin
Why Going John Galt?
Washington Independent
How to "Go Galt"

And here are some other interesting sites about Atlas Shrugged and the heavier philosophy of Objectivism.
The Atlas Society
The Ayn Rand Institute
Objectivism 101
Objectivism.net
Cox and Forkum
Atlas Shrugs 2000
The Intellectual Activist
The Ayn Rand Bookstore - not just Rand books, but other Objectivist topics as well
The Ayn Rand Lexicon

I know, Atlas Shrugged is a long book. But if you read only the abridged version, or the Cliff notes, you are not going to completely begin to understand Objectivism. You can get it on Audible.com, download it to your iPod or iPhone, and listen to it that way. I really enjoyed this even though I had already read the book.

By the way, while I was listening to Atlas Shrugged, I finished my first quilt. Here's a picture...