[WaydayTew]

So you don't think anything can be done democratically? What would you propose? Armed rebellion?

i thought i sounded pretty hopeful. as far as taxation goes, i would think electing enough officials who make overhaul a priority would be one way to go about it. or i guess a mass movement where NO ONE paid income taxes on april 15th could attract enough attention so legislators would be forced to do something. what that something would be however, i don't know. but as it stands, at over 7000 pages, the tax code might as well be chinese to most people. the (especially those who don't speak chinese) and as far as changing the monitary policy of the fed. reserve, well, it is its own agency seperate of the government and the chairman (and board of governors) is appointed by the president. so i guess you'd have to elect a reform minded president(s). yes, i'm oversimplifying and i'm sure it would be extremely complex and very time consuming. but its definitely necessary. to make matters worse, i highly doubt most members of congress, nor the president for that matter, even understand how the monetary system works. as far as armed rebellion goes, that would be the easy part. what happens after that would be the hard part.