I'll speak out, and I'll vote, but I won't write checks until politicians put principle above power and ideals above money.  We don't want the best government that money can buy; we just want the BEST GOVERNMENT.

        There is an old saying about the manipulation of statistics: "Figures lie and liars figure."  Remaining silent about such things is dangerous.  Reasonable, informed Americans must speak up.

        The problem isn't that the so-called rich aren't paying enough; it's that our government is spending too much.  We seem to be drifting toward socialism, while the rest of the world--France most recently--is rejecting it.  We need to return to the spirit that made us the dream destination of millions around the world.  We should help those truly in need, and drop the self-serving rhetoric and phony portrait of "two Americas."