Dependency is the highest political good - at least for politicians. Since the 1930s, politicians have striven to leave no vote unbought.

This is a case if the President is permitted to be above the law, then we no longer have a republic.

Foreign aid breeds kleptocracies, or governments of thieves.

Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to eat for lunch. Freedom comes from the recognition of certain rights which may not be taken, not even by a 99% vote. Those rights are spelled out in the Bill of Rights and in our California Constitution. Voters and politicians alike would do well to take a look at the rights we each hold, which must never be chipped away by the whim of the majority.

Voting is no substitute for the eternal vigilance that every friend of freedom must demonstrate towards government. If our freedom is to survive, Americans must become far better informed of the dangers from Washington -- regardless of who wins the Presidency.

The sheer number of government employees and welfare recipients effectively transforms the purpose of government from maintaining order to confiscating as much as possible from vulnerable taxpayers.

Once freedom is equated with a certain material standard of living, confiscation becomes the path to liberation.