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Originally Posted by Bowas
I agree with you here. Having said that, I cannot totally align myself as a total party conservative either. Often the conservatives would restrict as much as liberals would restrict, just on different things.
I believe in a more libertarian-conservative model which keeps a good balance between anarchy and legalistic conservatives.
Jeffersonian principles, while not perfect, are very individualist and supports the individual. I would be a Jeffersonian party person, if one existed. Tea party is close. Limited government and individual efforts. This is why the Gov. is afraid of the tea party concept. It limits the government over US people.
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http://www.statemaster.com/graph/eco...ars-per-capita
I agree... and concerning Washington DC - check out this chart from Statemaster.com. Since DC has no significant manufacturing, agriculture, or any of the other conventional means of generating capital - just how do they generate so much capital? No other state even produces half as much, per capita.
It's all done through the levying of tribute. Our nation's capital is a huge cash sucking machine akin to Imperial Rome in the ancient world and the Papacy of the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
The rebellions of Rome's provinces and the Protestant Reformation were all attempts to break up the trains of wagons and carriages carting off to Rome all of the wealth produced by the locals. Threatening those silver and gold laden caravans who produce a merciless military strike for the capitol. Just look at what happened to the Hussites when they tried to keep a bit of their silver "at home." People were burned alive as examples of the ruling hegemony's power.