medling

We could do worse than a libertarian candidate for President, Bob Barr. Too much freedom certainly trumps too little and liberty is all-American to boot. Incessant, needless meddling by government continually buzzes around us like bees about their queen. Bees at least produce honey, but government’s swill tastes as bitter as gall. Government meddles into private companies and their pursuit of profits, meddles with spending bills sneaking into them extra pork for pet projects, meddles with the freedom of individuals to choose recreational activities, food, drink, drugs, sexual, moral, patriotic and religious beliefs. Non stop’s the meddling. Inevitably meddling costs taxpayers more money but keeping the payers from understanding the facts constitutes a full time job for government. Meddling is propagated as a public good at the local, state and federal level. Even a silly program like the Homestead exemption for senior citizens - to bestow a few hundred dollars as a housing tax credit - just tweaks the tax code and adds one more layer of waste and complication to the income tax system. It even wastes postage with a notice mailed to all homestead participants which does not need to be answered unless a change of status has occurred. A libertarian President would allow individuals to be superior to the state which might result in anarchy or democracy. This could be good. We need anarchy to counteract the governments constant meddling. We don’t have democracy as long as government meddles.