Name:   MartiniMan - Subject:   MM's wish list Date:   1/10/2018 9:25:55 AM

Of course most of us don't literally pay taxes at the point of a gun because we are law abiding citizens.  But I can assure you if you decided not to pay your taxes they are coming after you and they will be armed.  So that terminology is a bit of hyperbole meant to make the point that we have no choice but to pay them. It reinforces my point about why I am bothered by the compensation and perks that govt employees get compared to the private sector.  If Burger King wanted to pay their cashiers $100K per year and wanted to charge me $25 for a Whopper so they could afford it I will take my business to Wendy's.  But when some govt overpays their employees along with a lavish pension and better perks than we get in the private sector I have no choice but to continue to pay my taxes, otherwise that point of a gun thing happens.

And you are spot on about how the Federal govt has gotten too big, too expensive and too intrusive.  Federalism took a turn for the worse after the Civil War and between Wilson, FDR, LBJ and Obama it went on life support.  As much as I wish otherwise, all Trump represents is a speed bump in our gradual decline into another democratic socialist state like we see in Canada and Europe.  When liberals got control of education, media and entertainment the indoctrination of an entire generation was inevitable.  Young people have no idea what socialism or capitalism are but they prefer the former over the latter.  When your mind had been that addled you will vote for the likes of Obama, Hillary, Bernie or whoever the Democrats put up next.  Wish I were more optimistic about the fate of the country but I'm not.