okay CY
that got a laff outa me!
thanks Jeff, I find when I tell the truth, warts and all, things work out better for me.
wish I was more like some of the guys on here I really admire, Mickey Coleman, TLee, BoggyCreekRanger come to mind off the top of my head.
but they're all a bit older and wiser than me, thus I hold out hope that someday I too will be a man I can admire.
I think that where there's potential for friction is where a relatively pure political philosophy, like you stated, meets the reality of a maturing nation of 300 million people. I will agree 100% that our government is grossly bloated, and I will agree that democratic socialism is inefficient and encourages said .gov bloat.
Where I find myself differing with some here is the notion that, say, pure free-market capitalism (never mentioned in the Constitution BTW) will magically solve, or even just best manage, SOME of the types of problems that a maturing nation faces. By that I mean, a nation that has extracted much of the "easy" resources, built cities in the obvious places, lacks a frontier, has degraded living resources such as timber and fisheries, etc. I do think there's a place for government in the management of such things. And that lets the camel into the tent, I can't argue that point.