Obama’s plans will, if enacted, wreck the U.S. economy. Out of the ashes will rise some new system. If we stay quiet, that system could be some flavor of fascism. If, on the other hand, we stick to our guns, our track record of making good predictions and consistent advocacy for freedom will pay off in spades. People will have some familiarity with our ideas. They will entertain the notion that freedom works.

I too am frustrated by the direction we are headed. We’re basically pushing Sisphus’s boulder up the hill.

But it’s not in my nature to sit quietly as the government continues to take our remaining liberty from us. So what will I do? I will keep pushing that boulder up the hill no matter how hopeless our prospects seem.

“Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.” — Wendell Phillips

At times, I’m tempted to agree. But when the whole thing comes crashing down, someone has to have a blueprint to put it back together. It’s a lot more credible to have been explaining the whole while how it’s going to fail, because then when we’ve been proved right, they might finally listen.

Dig a hole. Fill it in. Here’s your pay, extracted from everyone else in America, whether anyone needed that hole dug or not.

Great way to increase productivity and get the economy moving: tax or inflate more funds to pay people to do things that an unfettered market doesn’t value.