I Have Long Argued That We Need

Only Someone As Puffed Up And Demented As John Maynard Keynes, Every Left Wing Fascist's Sainted Mentor In This Connection, Could Manage To Convince Himself That Taxing America's Productive Class Can Restore It To Prosperity. In Point Of Fact, It's Like Screwing For Chastity, Guzzling Alcohol For Sobriety, Or Gorging To Fight Gluttony. It's Like Killing Indiscriminately For Peace - Oops, Democrats, Republicans And Their Moral And Spiritual Ilk Have Devoutly Believed That Particular Bit Of Perverse Nonsense Since At Least The War Of 1812.

As A Novelist, I Have A Somewhat Higher Soapbox To Stand On Than Most People Do When It Comes To Talking Back To The Merchants Of Fear.

Repealing Drug Laws Would Remove The Risks Involved With Producing And Distributing Drugs, Bringing 'street Prices' Crashing Down (it's Estimated That A 'spoon' Of Heroin Would Cost About A Quarter In The Free Market), Thereby Eradicating Any Incentive That Criminals Might Have To Compete With Legitimate Businesses, And Greatly Reducing If Not Eliminating Altogether Any Economic Reason To 'push' Drugs On Children.

Never Forget, Even For An Instant, That The One And Only Reason Anybody Has For Taking Your Gun Away Is To Make You Weaker Than He Is, So He Can Do Something To You That You Wouldn't Allow Him To Do If You Were Equipped To Prevent It. This Goes For Burglars, Muggers, And Rapists, And Even More So For Policemen, Bureaucrats, And Politicians.

The Most Dangerous And Successful Conspiracies Take Place In Public, In Plain Sight, Under The Clear, Bright Light Of Day -- Usually With Tv Cameras Focused On Them.