But we shouldn't dwell on it either.
How much attention will we focus on this, that should be focused on crafting a way to first prevent any more government expansion, and then work on trying to eliminate much of what's already here...
Things like the first lady's shoes, her personal staff, her dress, the president's basketball games, the NCAA championship, the Air Force One v/s Statue of Liberty debacle, the president picking a dog, the list goes on and on....are not worth our time to even think about, much less include in any discussions about our views on government.
I realize it was a disrespectful waste of the taxpayer's money, and shows just how out of touch he is with what happened in NY on 911, but we shouldn't waste any time on such puny topics. We need to be focused on the fact that it wasn't the taxpayer's money at all he was wasting, it was the government's money. Taxes stop being our money the second they become taxed.
We need to come as close as possible to eliminating taxes as we can. I know that some would point out that if government saved more we wouldn't have such high taxes...i disagree. They have showed time and again that they aren't going to let something as silly as revenue stop them from spending, so why try to limit spending in hopes that they will lower taxes? Let's just work for lower taxes, then demand that they lower spending. Government spends and then puts pressure on us to pay more, when what should be happening is us paying less and pressuring government to spend less.
I know it seems like a futile effort, but we need to start trying to get more people actively involved in our movement, not through protests, and publicity stunts, but through talking with the people we know. If we can do it without getting emotional with our argument I believe that relevance for libertarians could come surprisingly fast.
It actually shouldn't be as hard as it has seemed to be. The two major parties aren't guided by any fundamental philosophy, at least not one related to the only real difference between one government to another....Liberty.
Democrats: In favor of less regulation of personal activity (less than Republicans anyway) not related to economics, and more regulation of economics.
Republicans: In favor of less regulation of the economy (but too much), and more concerned with certain things we do in the privacy of our own home.
Neither is consistent with their view on liberty. You should either hold liberty as the paramount concept or you do not. Neither of the current parties do.
