[alexamenos]

ul -- you earlier presented political differences as if they are matters of degree, but this is incorrect. There are categorical political differences, and I'm attempting to make a point that the differences between George W. Bush and _____________ (insert a fine example of a left-wingish, big government liberal here) are marginal and relative, not categorical.

Moreover, the present state and size of our Federal Government today would have been considered a massive, socialist behometh by on-lookers as recently as 70 or 80 years ago in our country's history -- really, really LEFT, that is -- and today George W. Bush is very much a piece of that LEFT, socialist behometh. It is in this sense that I say Comrade Bush is a leftwinger (ie, descriptive first and foremost, and by happy coincidence a little perjorative too).

as for the fantastically silly idea of 0 income taxes, you do realize that during much of our country's history we have had no income tax, don't you? So my idea, however fantastically silly it may be, is neither unprecedented nor impractical. (that said, it is very bad for the Federal Government, but if the question here is how do we maximize the liberty of the people, then we really shouldn't concern ourselves with whether the Federal Government has ample slop in its trough)

That said, it is common when moral arguments are made against systemic abuses for some to say "but it's impractical to end the abuse"... But it's not at all impractical if our goal is to expand free and civil society and diminish institutionalized violence. In fact, not only is it practical but also necessary.

Cheers