If Colorado actually did it the federal government would of course be most upset and try to get the courts to stop it but, what if a lot of states did it?

What if we amendment the constitution so that all states could do it?

Control of federal money contribution is the logical answer to avoid the extortion.

But, what I think is the simple greatness of this article is that it recognizes that begging federal politicians for real change isn’t getting us anywhere. In fact, attacks on our liberty are getting worse by the year. I believe this localized effort is something that can make a true difference. i.e. the Free State Project.

Deny the ‘federal’ government the power to tax us into oblivion; collect taxes (on incomes or whatever) at the state level. Give to the feds that portion deemed necessary for its subsistence in its proper (constitutional) role. Keep the rest for building and maintaining infrastructure and so on.

That’s the way we Okies think.

I have some thoughts in that regard.

First and foremost, you have to ask, “Will the federal government cede to our sovereignty because we demand it?” I am hopeful, but do have some grave doubts.

Therefore, we have to wonder what the source of the power to usurp is. Of course, it is our money. So, therefore, we must starve the federal government until it no longer has the ability to meddle in and micromanage state affairs.

Didn’t the Soviet Union fall apart because Moscow was going broke?

Now, with over 40% of Americans not paying tax, it is no wonder tax-increasing measures keep on passing. Too many voters are not vested against taxation because they do not feel its pains. Any plan to reduce federal government must necessarily come from a rising surge by voters against taxes. Until more Americans pay taxes, that sentiment will not arise.

This is why a national sales tax is in order. Everyone should feel the pain of taxation.

“Against this rising tide of socialism and stimulus packages, we must resist the temptation to trade more of our sovereignty for “thirty pieces of silver” from the federal government.”

Thirty pieces of silver? Don’t you mean selling our birthright for a pot of beans? Beans, incidentally, that originate with the states and the people thereof.

But of course the states retain their sovereignty, and all that that implies. If I, as an individual, (voluntarily) enter into contract with another individual or entity, then I’m bound by the terms of the agreement and so is the other party/parties to the contract. To allow the other person/entity to break his end of the bargain to my hurt and to my family’s ultimate destruction is, well, worthy only of an infidel. But even if our founding fathers had signed on to an agreement which they knew they could not get out of under any circumstances (i.e., had they voluntarily enslaved themselves — subjected their lives, liberties, fortunes — to the central authority), they had no right or paternal authority to do so for succeeding generations of Americans.

As I’ve said many times before, I’m personally not inclined to be enslaved by anyone, dead or living. That others are is not my problem, but theirs. It is quite literally the height of stupidity to assume that a dead generation has power to enslave the living to the former’s ideas and enactments. But, you know, there are a lot of stupid people out there with whom we have to contend. So be it.