Way to Go Chris!! You're well on your way, but I hate to tell you this - most people in this country are already too well indoctrinated by the ways and ideals of socialism to give a damn about your conservative, right wing, idealism. Now don't get me wrong. I happen to agree with you 1000%. Unfortunately, we were never so free as when the founding fathers first told the British empire to take a hike. From that point forward, each and every bit of legislation (all 222 years of it) whittled away at freedoms. We are now at the point and have been for quite some time where in order to keep legislators busy they simply must keep passing new legislation, which, by definition, will further erode freedoms. Let's face it, legislation is all about telling people they can nolonger do something which they had previously enjoyed doing. The examples are too numerous to mention here but include simple ordinances banning children from skateboarding to environmental legislation which takes private property without compensation, all under the guise of protecting the newest endangered species. And please do not tell me that I believe all legislation is bad or evil. I don't. Certain labor legislation was good, civil rights legislation was good, etc. etc. The point is there are limits and we have long since reached those limits.
As for Microsoft, what are all the antitrust lawyers in the justice department going to do if they don't go after somebody? They must find somebody to go after or else they are obsolete. And maybe that
's the point you're really trying to make. Much of government has become obsolete and simply needs to be retired. Good luck selling that to the hordes of big-mouthed know-it-alls with their own special pet project that needs government endorsement to remain credible.
So don't worry about Microsoft. By definition - it's doomed. Worrly instead about number 1 and about whether or not you'll make as much money as you need to survive in the life style you desire, given the fact that Uncle Sam wants to take as much as his greedy self-serving little hands can take out of your pocket. After all, who's going to take care of all those homeless, downtrodden, victimized, unfortunates? Charles Grodin? I doubt it!
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