I have watched for the last 40 years, as our government has passed more and more legislation designed to make it more and more difficult for goods to be manufactured in the U.S. Look around. What do we make? Sure, Toyota has factories here in the U.S. that employ hundreds, if not thousands of Americans, while American car makers go bankrupt. We have devolved into a nation of consumers. We are dependent upon the rest of the world to supply us with nearly everything. I have a question...what happens when the rest of the world turns off the spigot? If the U.S. should default on its loan payments to China, don't think they wouldn't try to pressure the U.S. to raise taxes in order to get the money we owe. The answer here is plain...raise import tarriffs and abolish the IRS in favor of a flat tax rate of about 10 - 15 percent. Abolish any taxes on manufacturing that have forced companies to relocate to other countries and pass incentives for them to return to the U.S. High taxes and high unemployment are America's biggest problems. If the government would cut spending by 50% and eliminate the income tax in favor of a flat tax, there would be growth in this country such as has not been seen since the 1950's.

Yes, and Amen! Hitler took aim at the "undesireables" in Germany and first stripped them of their rights. Read the history of Nazi Germany and what the Nazis did to the Poles, the Gypsys, the physically and mentally infirm, not to mention the Jews. Once they were beaten into submission, they were herded off to concentration camps. We all know what happened next. I'm not saying that America will go down that road, but people should know what a slippery slope we are on.