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Blog Entry 6 of 11 Libertarian Candidate Musings, Rants and Ravings

Musings, Rants and Ravings from the 2008 Libertarian Candidate for the district 25 seat in the Colorado House of Representatives.

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FastTrax and Self-Government

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Contributed by: Jack Woehr on 7/24/2008

The looming failure of the FastTrax project is due to rosy estimates of the cost of the project. It's already at 150% ($6B instead of the $4B promised). When FastTrax passed I predicted it would be $8B but I think I was too optimisitic about oil prices.

Are we as a nation capable of self-government anymore? We have an increasingly deteriorating situation abroad; ruin and collapse of the infrastructure at home; the largest prison population in the world, both as a percentage of overall population and as an absolute number of incarcerated; economic collapse ... I could go on but you get the drift.

The answer, I believe, is that we are capable of self-government but that the two-party system has failed. It has degenerated into a trench warfare between two Political Megacorporations (D's Inc. and R's Inc.) neither of whom represent the vast majority of Americans.

We need a third party, a fourth party, a fifth party ... let's have some political choice!

Vote Libertarian this November and broaden the chances that American self-government will be able to meet the challenges of the future.

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Submitted By: Mike Spalding

posted on 7/27/2008 @ 7:49:41 AM

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If government was really small it couldn't have such a huge negative impact on our lives. And I wouldn't care who was elected. Vote Libertarian - the party of really small government.

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