It's important to realize that whenever you give power to politicians or bureaucrats, it will be used for what they want, not for what you want.

It is well known that in war, the first casualty is truth - that during any war truth is forsaken for propaganda.

The police can't stop an intruder, mugger, or stalker from hurting you. They can pursue him only after he has hurt or killed you. Protecting yourself from harm is your responsibility, and you are far less likely to be hurt in a neighborhood of gun-owners than in one of disarmed citizens - even if you don't own a gun yourself.

Politicians are notoriously economically illiterate. And even when they know what would be the right thing, we don't really expect them to do it.

It's important to realize that whenever you give power to politicians or bureaucrats, it will be used for what they want, not for what you want.

The problem is big government. If whoever controls government can impose his way upon you, you have to fight constantly to prevent the control from being harmful. With small, limited government, it doesn't much matter who controls it, because it can't do you much harm.

When you give up the hope that some advisor, some system, some source of inside tips is going to give you a shortcut to wealth, you'll finally begin to gain control over your financial future.