re: I know I have caused Controversy here ... (Very Long)

.......to want to live in freedom is a choice. It was the reason the pilgrims boarded rinky dinky wooden boats and crossed the Atlantic to come here. They wanted freedom to pursue their own interest, to prosper, and be the determiners of their own fate. They refused to accept they were owned by any man especially they were not the property of "the Crown".

Those early pilgrims formed a community (Jamestown) and adopted the socialist-collectivist model. They damn near starved to death. It was only when they moved away from the collectivist model to adopt the capitalist model, which included private ownership of land and pursuit of self-interest, did they prosper.

We've come a long way. But it appears to me a growing segment of the population would prefer we resort back to the "Crown" model, specifically the marxist-socialist model. That's unfortunate, since so many have given so much for so long to preserve this fragile thing called freedom and self-determination.

A lot riding on this next Presidential election.