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Originally posted by Tervuren
Pat - one of the things you do not factor in - is that the people in the West where very different from the people of today. You could not just move to a government like was enacted out there, and have things be fine.
It was a harsh change to leave everything and move into unused territory - the people who made it - where above the average.
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While I'd agree that these folks met hard conditions head on, what I'm talking about is removing government from overhead. The useless leaches who don't really produce much of anything, but suck up huge resources from Americans.
We really don't need the federal government at all. It takes huge amounts of capital and expends it on building power bases for itself such as a military sized to oppose another ruthless super power, which of course does not and is unlikely to ever exist.
The huge corporate wefare system saps an unbelievably large amount of private treasure as well. The control of sugar prices is yet another example of agricultural welfare that is costing Americans billions of dollars, and lining the pockets of unscrupulous politicians and corporate farmers. Don't get me started on Archer Daniels Midland, whose existence depends solely on federal controls.
This all must die, and the quicker, the better for all.