Tom Kawczynski - Off the Record

I think that it is very important that we not only believe things, but that we live in accordance with our beliefs.  If you really believe in liberty and self-determination, then you have to respect the rights of others to the same, even when they disagree.  This is one reason that I'm a non-interventionist.  The world has enough problems without us trying to solve what others have as issues.

The other thing that is disheartening, once you begin to understand the connection, is just who benefits and who loses in many of these relationships.  Please understand this:  large business and large government are not enemies.  They are usually allies who work together for the mutual benefit at your expense.  The bailout can be seen as the first example, but if you prefer something more recent, consider that the functional impact of the health care bill is that now everyone is required to buy private health coverage or be heavily fined.

For those of you on the right, you might be surprised to know just how many on the left are mad about this, for the same reason you might be.  They are being forced to do something against their interest.  That is the point that I want to make in this, and that all my writing and speaking leads to:  only you can make the determination about what is in your interest and please do not cede that right freely to others, no matter how good their intentions.  When you want those powers back, you will regret it.