Unlike the delusions that Gruss has about my beliefs, I subscribe to the school of thought that government is a necessary evil. Under that general rubric, I see the wiretapping program as potentially an abusive intrusion on the privacy of every American, and therefore generally a bad thing. It has provided important intelligence in the defense of the country, or so say people in Congress and the White House (past and present), but ultimately the program most likely wil llive or die by the hand of the Supreme Court.
On the other hand, I see the IRS as a real and current system of abuse of the few by the many, one that seizes trillions of dollars a year from individuals and businesses and re-distributes it, sometimes well, sometimes not well. Either program has the potential to destroy our country. Historically, democracies have destroyed themselves when the majority of the voting population figures out that they can legally steal from the rest of the population, which is exactly what the Obama Administration has proposed in the form of changes to the tax code. I see that as a far greater danger to democracy than the wiretapping program. On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 11:22 AM, LRS Scout wrote: > > Both? > > They both pertain to amendments, they are both enumerated issues > specifically mentioned in the constitution. > > How would you rate one worse then the other? How would you measure that? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:290506 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
