The government already has the power. Increasing taxes, like Marty suggests, only gives money AND power to the government. You are watching corporations capture regulatory bodies in real time while poo-pooing an idea that keeps money from going TO the government. Getting more money into the hands of the people without it going through a middle man (the government) gives the people MORE money and power, and that is the better way to look at it.

The problem, I feel, with most conservative/libertarian ideology is it is so easily exploitable. The followers are so principled that progressive thinkers can easily move around them. Conservatives desperately need proactive thinkers.

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