My Political Philosophy

Even on the smallest levels of government, like a city council or a college board, you will find sickening levels of corruption.  Inside-dealing, quid-pro-quo, etc.  It is inevitable.  And it expands along with the power and size of the organization.

With that in mind, my political philosophy is to keep those institutions as limited in scope and power over the lives of citizens as possible, and therefore leave the individual to pursue his own interests as freely as possible.

It’s that simple.  It also happens to be what our (very intelligent) founders had in mind.

The argument for me is never about the nobility of the cause, but rather the role of the institution and the influence/power that will be handed to an inevitably corrupt organization.

You can’t guilt me with utopian ideals that never materialize or bribe me with a redistribution in my favor.  I’m just not into handing more power over to the connected few.