" Most bad government has grown out of too much government ."   Thomas Jefferson I find it amazing how much foresight our founding fathers had. creppelrm, I too live in Louisiana, and have done more than my fair share of calling & writing our politicians. All with null results. I remain an activist for the Libertarian Party now, and I'm sure you know that you can talk until you are blue in the face, but the die hard Republicans here just will not budge. I feel there are enough seniors, over 50, that united, we can break the system. The next election will have a new Republican & Democrat  candidates. We all need to come together, behind a new way of thinking. The Libertarian Candidate, Gary Johnson also was a Republican. As a Libertarian now, he made a statement during the last election: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X3QRSIXgns We need to come together now, for ourselves, our children, our grand children and their grand children. Or we just continue the cycle of failure, with new players. Every 4 years, we keep saying, "Ahh this guy, he's going to get it right, he's going to fix the problems," And nothing changes except larger government, more taxes more loss of freedom. This week President Obama and Congress managed – unbelievably – to “avert” the so-called Fiscal Cliff by 1) increasing taxes 2) increasing spending, and 3) adding to a $16 Trillion debt that  simply cannot be sustained.  Did we need any more proof that  the entrenched special interests and big government addicts are still very much in charge? Will electing a Libertarian, or Green Party President fix everything? NO. It will take time. But continuing to elect Republicans & Democrats hasn't changed or fixed anything either. We have to start somewhere. I know some of you are tired of my postings for the Libertarian Party, and against the big two.  You have a few more years to think things over, and see the course our country is headed in. It is our decision to continue on our present course, or turn this ship around.
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