WARNING!  Highly political content.

At the risk of sounding like an alarmist or extremist, I'm going to get on my soapbox for just a moment.  The biggest threat to our freedom today comes from within (not from terrorists).  The government has the power to control our behavior through taxes and regulations.  The IRS has the power to enforce those policies through use of force and you cannot escape them.  This is just a fact, not a scare tactic.  I do not subscribe to many political "groups".  And I'm certainly not a Repulican or a Democrat, but I am for freedom.  Each of these parties seem to take more and more away from us each and every year.  The current mindset of the public is to accept this as these broken and destined to be bankrupt policies are touted as "free" or paid for by the "evil rich".

I'm reminded of a quote from the late, great Harry Browne.  "Our government will break both of your legs, hand you a pair of crutches and say, 'Aren't you glad you have government to take care of you?'"  These "stimulus" checks were our crutches (or at least those who got them).  If you're a normal, educated, employed American professional, you probably paid 10's of thousands in taxes to fed, state and local governments last year.  Those were your broken legs.

If you're not already familiar with the FairTax concept, I highly recommend getting educated.  Detailed information can be found at fairtax.org.  In a nutshell, the fair tax is a national sales tax that taxes us on what we spend, not what we earn and invest.

I'm certainly not asking you to donate to the cause, but would be grateful.  I do encourage you to sign up and learn more though.  Maybe the idea works for you, maybe it doesn't.  The point of this blog has always been to educate, not tell you what to do.  I will say that this is one of the two organizations that sees cash donations from me annually.