The Evils of Popular Politics

The entire system of re-electing politicians entrenches the existence of the federal government. There are few people who would like to see the "big" government taken apart and passed back down to the states. Outsource the huge "entitlement" programs to private businesses, then let state and county governments buy those administrative/insurance coverage programs.

The federal government can do very little to our fair nations economy to spur it upward. It can do a great deal to squash it. The housing market crash is not a national problem. It is about banks making stupid loans to people who didn't have enought sense to say no. They are the ones that should pay for their mistakes, not all of us. It was not a natural disaster or something out of thier control. It was and act of bad judgement, and for that the lesson needs to be learned. The Government to the Rescue will not fix anything.

As for candidates, I think I've narrowed it down to liking Fred Thompson or Ron Paul. Though not a perfect fit, they are close. Neither Mit Romney or John McCain give me a warm fuzzy and will probably leave me voting Libertarian in 2008