[Exsubmariner]

Uh oh,
I unwittingly revealed my eternal optimism. [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

You do make a really good point. Perhaps each party will see a temporary opportunity for a campaign issue, but reform in that front couldn't last long. Perhaps I should revise that hope into a third party upspring which is not beholden to the special interests. It has happened in politics before, although it isn't that often. The damage done by the new deal has set the stage for government spending creep and I doubt this will ever change without some new dynamic coming into play.

I feel there are a lot of producers in this country that are tired of the high taxes levied on them by the non producers. I could see a new party....

I also agree it would take a crisis like the collapse of the financial system from over finance of loans people can't afford to pay to precipitate serious change.

Interesting. Thanks.