by Vin Suprynowicz

Las Vegas Review-Journal

01/30/05

America was supposed to be the beacon of freedom of the world by example. If Mr. Bush or anyone else in Washington wants to advance the cause of freedom, they could start by ending the domestic 'wars' on Americans' medical liberty (the war on drugs) and self-defense. Then they could follow Mr. Jefferson's advice not to 'steal the bread from the mouth of labor' -- simultaneously restoring our financial liberty and privacy -- by repealing the income tax. The extent to which we have been trained to celebrate our bondage is demonstrated by the shrieks of terror (or instinct to ridicule) which even these modest suggestions now evoke among the self-anointed 'freest people in the world...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp