I don’t see getting more involved at the grass roots level here in California and working now to support candidates as being particularly grandiose, unless you are implying that outsiders should stay outside and leave the halls of power to the bloated mandarins and their hangers-on. Yeah that’s worked pretty well up to now, hasn’t it. I will support with time and money candidates in local and state races who are (i) a bit less married to the notion of permanent office, and (ii)more supportive of the idea of enlarging the individual and shrinking the government. Pretty freekin grandiose, ne pas?

I think that serving in any legislature has a corrupting effect the longer one remains in power. Certainly the way our nearly permanent incumbents have it set up now, with very favorable treatment of incumbents and double standards for money and gifts among other things, it is highly tempting to do what is necessary to stay on in power indefinitely. But it seems to me that we have a terrible mess here, mostly because regular people who pay the bills did not pay attention through all those good years when we were working, raising families and things were going well.

Most importantly, we are breaking into a two-class society, composed of government and non-government and it appears to me that the balance of power is seriously in favor of government, but the end appears to be mostly ensuring continued incumbency.

Won’t you please share with us how you intend to accomplish this grandiose scheme?

These initiatives are no worse, and actually quite a bit better than the bilge that issues forth from Sacramento nearly daily. It is indeed time to shift power away from the grandees in Sacramento and back to individuals where it belongs. And what’s worse is that much of the time, this elected scum hides its decisions by empowering unaccountable regulatory agencies to do the rulemaking. The result is unacceptable control over aspects of our lives that are far outside the proper role of government. We are adults and are capable of making adult decisions in all aspects of our lives. I do not intend to spend any more of my life being “governed” by this element. We need more initiatives like these. Government in a free society must again be relegated to no greater role of societal control than that exercised by the landscaper or janitor over his employer.

As for the business of no property or income taxes for people over 55, what is it about our society that we think, once you hit a certain age, you hit the jackpot and should be entitled to a bunch of freebies regardless of your financial status?