There is a independent Palestinian state... it's called Jordan.

I'll be sure to tell that to the MA State Police officer riding my ass on I-90 or I-495.

What makes you think we want computer-driven cars? I can't ride in one without Dramamine due to a messed up inner ear. Does this mean the only way I could get to work would be drugged and hazy?

Doesn't McCain/ Fiendgold just limit commercial speech, like what politicking has become?

Actually, the Constitution was designed to make the government as inefficient as possible. I kinda like it that way. It limits the abuses of power. After all, if you don't like a company, you don't have to give them your money. Try doing that with Uncle Sam.

Oh, I agree. But that doesn't mean THEY do.

Well of all the things you quoted that my tax dollars pay for, only one of them is entirely federal. Several of the other items you mentioned were entirely state or local, and a few fall somewhere in between depending on how high up the food chain we choose to march. And some of the things you mentioned I don't have to deal with, like public water.

Since we're talking about the Constitution, that means we're going to focus on the federal aspect of the issue. If the framers of the government had intended to guarantee us entitlement programs, why aren't they in the Constitution? If the people had saw fit, why aren't there any amendments guaranteeing said programs?

But as for regulation, you're right. A very small minority should not be allowed to screw over everyone else (what's what the majority is for) and while I'm not a huge fan of government intervention (Live Free or Die) I do realize there has to be some modicum of regulation or you do get the aforementioned screwage. However, that does encourage me to be one of those 30,000 doesn't it, as far as social Darwinism goes?

The US isn't supposed to feed, clothe and house its people... they're supposed to do it for themselves.

Can you please cite your sources for your claims? Yeah, I have Google, but I didn't claim anything.

Is it bad for me to never pay income tax to my state, too?

I see you have never been to Massachusetts.

Or, 3/4 of the people thought they were all douchebags, and couldn't bring themselves to vote for the lesser of two evils as they'd still be voting for evil.

If only half the people voted and only half of them voted for W, isn't that only 1/4 of the people who like him? Seems like a small minority to me.