The rhetoric Katz presents is interesting but only because it is utterly devoid of any bearing on the reality of ever burdensome government. Politics may be less important per se, but government power grows relentlessly. What Katz stated has no bearing on the true nature of government - force. For any moderately successful person, governments at all levels will still take over 50% of their income. I am in that persecuted class known as a business owner. We bear the brunt of the arrogant bureaucratic class. It is astounding the increasing resources we must expend to please bureaucratic edits that issued by busy bodies in government. It is worse since we pay those who harass us.
Rhetoric such as stated will only be meaningful when the government parasites loose power over our productive output. That can only happen if large numbers of government parasites are lifted off our backs (i.e., fired) and turned loose to pursue productive work in the private sector.
Until then rhetoric such as yours will only cause me to smile at its naivete.
PS May I suggest you read Rose Wilder Lane's "The Discovery of Freedom." It discuss the precious gift of freedom -- and how short lived it has been in human history. Isabel Paterson's, "The God of the Machine," is another classic.
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The rhetoric Katz presents is interesting but only because it is utterly devoid of any bearing on the reality of ever burdensome government. Politics may be less important per se, but government power grows relentlessly. What Katz stated has no bearing on the true nature of government - force. For any moderately successful person, governments at all levels will still take over 50% of their income. I am in that persecuted class known as a business owner. We bear the brunt of the arrogant bureaucratic class. It is astounding the increasing resources we must expend to please bureaucratic edits that issued by busy bodies in government. It is worse since we pay those who harass us. Rhetoric such as stated will only be meaningful when the government parasites loose power over our productive output. That can only happen if large numbers of government parasites are lifted off our backs (i.e., fired) and turned loose to pursue productive work in the private sector. Until then rhetoric such as yours will only cause me to smile at its naivete. PS May I suggest you read Rose Wilder Lane's "The Discovery of Freedom." It discuss the precious gift of freedom -- and how short lived it has been in human history. Isabel Paterson's, "The God of the Machine," is another classic.