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      There are two things that struck me as a little odd when studying about the Civil War.

       First, why do we refer to it as a “Civil War?” A Civil War is a war between organized groups within a country with the aim of taking control of the country to achieve independence or to change government policies.  The southern states had been unable to persuade congress to correct the taxing inequities that caused the agricultural south to pay a…

     At the end of almost every presidential election there are those who question its legitimacy based on allegations of voter fraud.   The conservatives have   made an attempt to make it more difficult to vote illegally but the liberals cry and whine that conservative’s voter ID is merely a method used by them to disenfranchise the liberal voters.  Granted, it does disenfranchise people that want to vote twice, and the deceased and illegal aliens that vote dishonestly.

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     The American people have continued to elect those politicians that believe in income distribution by taking from the producers and giving to the non-producers. This cannot continue indefinably as the producers will not or cannot continue this practice. This is destroying our country as more and more people are becoming dependent on government entitlements and the Federal Government becomes bigger and more powerful at the expense of state…

     Neither the Democrats nor the Republicans have any intention of paying off the national debt.  It is politically more beneficial for the politicians to finance their excessive spending through hidden debt financing rather than through transparent taxes.  Financing our government through transparent taxes, would immediately inform the taxpayer of the folly of the politicians excessive spending because of extremely higher personal income tax.  This…