VMI77 wrote: We probably agree on a lot of things, I think the basic difference is that you have a lot more trust in government than I do, and I think we're seeing less and less reason to put ANY trust in the Federal government as time goes on.
A few years back, when they were conducting the census, I had a couple of census workers come to my house. I believe it wasn't the normal census, but something dealing with my business. Anyway, they wanted to ask me questions, which I told them I would not answer.
The female worker tried and tried to make be answer, but I insisted that i didn't want to discuss private information. At this point, the male worker spoke up (I believe he was a trainee), he looked up at the American and Texas flags flying in my front yard and asked, "Even for the Government?"
I looked at him rather dumfounded and stated, "Especially for the Government!"
They went away unfulfilled. (Though she did come back a month or two later and tried -- unsuccessfully -- again.)