[NTHockey]

For the last time, America is a REPUBLIC, not a DEMOCRACY.

And yes, America is broken. The only way to fix it is draconian. Take five people - a retired couple, a single parent and parents of a family. Lock them in a room and let them come up with a balanced budget. Guaranteed it will be done in less than a week. And a whole lot of government employees will be unemployed.

[flowerplough]

FOR THE LAST TIME, America is a REPUBLIC, on the paper Constitution, but America functions as a DEMOCRACY. We're leaving the rule of law further and further behind and are, increasingly ruled by men, and not laws. I mean, which amendmant gives the Internal Revenuers the power to collect taxes and investigate and punish those who attempt to evade? Where's the hate crime laws fit in with free speech? Hell, our previous president, and several before him, fought undeclared wars, and established new wealth redistributions, and our current redistributor ain't even a legal citizen.

A republic, if you can keep it, Franklin said, didn't he?