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Blog Entry 6 of 36 Libertarian Muses, Rants and Raves
Musings, Rantings and Ravings from perennial Libertarian Candidate for public office in Jefferson County, Colorado.

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FastTrax and Self-Government
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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Jack Woehr has posted 36 blog entries and 5 comments since joining on 7/15/2008. Jack Woehr 's average blog rating is 4.5.
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