Gov. Shutdown?

[UptonSinclair]

You're only talking about recent history? Look back to the founding of the country and early 1800s to get a different picture (and where the tax revenue was coming from).

Tariffs

Um, what? If that's sarcasm, wow. If it's not, double wow.

It is not sarcasm that I am working toward emigration. I spent three years living in a country with higher taxes and socialized medicine and I would go back if it weren't so hard to get into one of the European Union countries. Instead, I will be content with Canada. I have plans to attend grad school there and see what happens after grad school. I gave up hope that things will get better here. As long as the government is for sale to the organization with the biggest advertising budget there is little hope for the American people.