Time to Leave

The chances of reforming our current governments are slim. The closest anyone got to changing the progression to statism was Ronald Regan. His effects were limited. I liked the way he spoke. He spoke openly of smaller government, freeing the American businessman, etc.



His actual results were modest. The tax changes were significant, however his more liberal VP, even after making the strongest possible political promise not to raise taxes, started eroding the tax reductions. This was a twofer for the statists. We got higher taxes right now. Additionally, he destroyed the connection between the promise and the delivery. So voters became even more jaded. Now, even if some politicians honestly desire to reduce taxes and shrink government, the voters would have to set aside their experience to expect delivery.



Anyway, I don't want to get off point.



I started looking into moving somewhere else. Somewhere that might not be as good as the US for any average citizen, but somewhere that a monied elite could live a quite compatable life. A place where your money could buy you what any previous generation US citizen could accept as their right simply by virtue of being a citizen. A place where one may purchase freedom. Once freedom was fee in America, but now America becomes statist. Maximum freedom may be available in other corners of the globe as long as one has certain resources. I'm not looking to have household servants or lord over the local population, I just want to live free, as a prior generation of Americans largely did.