Thanks for the link, CL.

Ditto, CL.

In MHO the real issues are:
1. Federalism- LBJ and Nixon started the government in Washington DC on the path of destroying the sovereignty of the states, the 10th Amendment.
2. Government Debt: Since 1981 the national debt grew from One-trillion to over 15 Trillion dollars.
3. Welfare programs have been created to buy votes; Medicare in 1965 under LBJ and prescription drugs under George W. Bush. Worse are the programs that reward destructive behavior such as benefits for children born out of wedlock. All these programs are unsustainable and alone they will bankrupt the country.
4. Regulations that destroy the private sector’s ability to initiate voluntary economic exchanges. Private sector employment is dependent on economic growth. Even government is dependent on growth to balance their budgets.
5. When government power exceeds the limits proscribed in our constitution we all lose. Not just our freedom but our nation’s ability to survive- ultimately this will destroy society.
6. Honesty in the media. If voters are only going to listen to sound bites, talking points and clichés this not only destroys the credibility of the media but hampers and destroys the ability of most voters and our youth to understand facts underpinning objective reality.
7. Wars on everything under the sun: cancer, crime, poverty, drugs, guns, fat, sugar, and every other fear in the public’s mind. Self-government requires individual responsibility. Politicians know this but they cynically feed on the weakness of human nature.
8. Government agencies out of control working against individual freedom: FBI, BATF, EPA, etc.
9. The tax code. Confiscates private initiative and wealth creation for the detriment of society transferring power to government against individuals and the private sector. The tax code punishes risk-taking and rewards those who live off of government subsidies and programs.
10. Entangling alliances, has our society become so corrupt due to government that these issues cannot be fixed without a revolution? Czechoslovakia had a non-violent “Velvet” revolution when the communist government lost all authority to use force against the people.