Now this really is ridiculous

My post about our representatives being on our side? Nonsense, as it turns out. Here Republican Representative Ron Paul (TX) talks about a bill that just passed Congress to bail out the housing mess. Also noted by Dr. Paul is that the bill contains verbage making it required for credit card companies to report all transactions to the IRS.

This is an invasion of privacy of epic proportions - this means that the government now has access to full information about every non-cash transaction we make. It's never been more clear to me that our country really is slipping away from our roots in Democracy and that our liberties are being compromised so that government can try to fix problems that have arisen from failed foreign and domestic policy.

I may sound bearish on the US Government... and I am. I have nothing to hide and will continue to use my credit cards for everything that I used to, but it's principle here. People used to come to the United States to escape their government's interference in their daily lives. It seems that the trend is about to reverse.

MK