We like to think of the US as an efficient capitalistic business-friendly free-market sort of place. But the fact is that the US is a hot-bed of bureaucratic monkey-business just like so many other countries.

There’s plenty of red-tape here. Everywhere you go you need a permit or permission for this or that. We came back to deal with our taxes… get a new vehicle title, and other sorts of personal business issues… What an incredible waste of time and resources!

It’s infuriating when you think about it. You spend the first four months of the year working to pay your government masters. (Even if you don’t live in the US or use any government services…) Then you spend dozens of hours navigating their labyrinth of a system just to give them the damn money!

If you don’t think it’s a system of coercion, then just try not paying your taxes and see what happens… You’ll be harassed, threatened, robbed, kidnapped, and held hostage… all because you didn’t pay them tribute. It’s amazing that people tolerate this…

And where does the money go? We shiver at the thought. The waste. The pork. The wars. Ughhh. Our vote in ‘08 will be for the constitutionalist Dr. Ron Paul: http://GoRonPaul.com

His chances of winning are about as good as those of hogs taking flight and the nether-regions icing over. But sometimes a man has to draw his line in the sand and stand for something.