Quote Originally Posted by HoneyBadger View Post
Or, you could vote for someone who will actually consistently support the principles of liberty and Capitalism (and has a proven track record of doing so). This would definitely take power away from "the establishment".
While I like the idea behind your point, that is exactly how we have had Obummer for 8 years.

We live in a country that has a two party political system, and that is it. Third party candidates don't get elected, but they pull votes from the candidate that could be elected, resulting in the election of someone those people REALLY don't want.

It sucks, I hate it, but there isn't a lot else that can be done. Our political system is so f*cked at this point, that it cannot be fixed, so we have two options. Operate within the system and try to limit the damage being done to our great nation, or start a revolutionary war. As much as I like the revolutionary war option, the nation isn't at a point where the critical mass needed for a revolutionary war would be achieved, and even if it was, who are the revolutionaries going to put in power after the war? The plethora of men with staunch morals, proper education, and an understanding of what it takes to create a world superpower that we had in the late 1700's and early 1800's doesn't exist today. Instead we have a nation that is more than 50% leeches on the .gov tit, and now we have a young generation that is buying hook, line, and sinker into the lie that they are owed everything for free, and that they should get it buy taxing the hardworking, driven, successful, and now wealthy portion of the society.

As much as I don't trust Trump, I also don't trust Cruz. He voted for amnesty. In my mind, immigration - legal or not - is one of the major issues right now. If we want to continue to be a country, we have to not allow socialism without borders. Otherwise the flood of people that just want to tax the rich and get stuff for free will increase, and then we will have no rich. They will either leave, or they will be taxed into poverty. It doesn't really matter which one happens, because eventually, as Margaret Thatcher pointed out, the "other peoples money" will be no more.