As for me….what he said.

Democrats have (over the last 30 years or so) have been synonymous with the “tax and spend” ideology. I’m afraid that Kerry is no different. The “Take more money – Make bigger government – and redistribute that money in a fashion that is good in the eyes of part of an elected group” is getting old. I don’t know about you, but I certainly don’t have the time to review where all the money is going and ensure that it is a good purpose, and that that money is indeed being distributed in the proper manner. What we really need is transparent accounting in the federal government. Then we can judge just how our government is using our money.

Bush is truthfully not too much better. The war in Iraq was unfounded. He does indeed get part of the picture, returning money back the people in the form returned tax moneys, but unfortunately, he has created one of the largest government spending eras in the last century. Anyone with the slightest amount of business logic can see that expenditures exceeding revenues cannot persist forever. But the number one thing that squeezes my nipples is the patriot act. An act that actually reverses the constitution and allows the government unmitigated access to private matters of it’s citizens. It’s like Clipper III on crack. Only it’s much worse because the government can lock you up and throw away the key without having to explain itself or give you a fair hearing. Shitty.

Thus after much debate with my friends and cohorts I will cast my vote for Badnarick. Too bad it will be a wasted vote (in this election). The libertarian party needs one of two things to happen to make a dent. 1) Elected officials fuck it up really really really bad and the nation looks to other alternatives or 2) The party musters up a lot of cash to inform the citizens of their viewpoints (a la Ross Perot before he dropped out of the election).