Um, there are very few trends I see in terms of the US turning into anything remotely resembling Nazi Germany.   Nazi Germany basically put its entire military-industrial complex at the disposal of the government.   What the US has done in the post-Reagan, post-Cold War years is the percise opposite of that.

America has a lot of problems - trade deficit, personal debt, resource shortages - but the idea that removing the IRS will somehow be an improvement is... interesting.   If you want to live in a rehash of the 18th century, some balmy dream of the frontier/pioneer nation of omni-competent self-reliant outdoorsmen, yes, get rid of taxation.   If you actually want to live in a world with electricity and running water, you may find things need to be handled a little differently.

I definitely agree with you on that.

In addition to following RP's campaign, me (and many of his supporters) are paying close attention to which politicians come out and endorse him, etc. whether they be Repubs, Dems, Libertarians or whichever, so we can make a list on who to vote for if any of them decide to run for Congress or Senate, etc. (or try to keep in if they're already there).

And the word you're looking for to describe what you believe in (which, by the way, is also the Constitutional view) is Anti-Federalism. Federalism supports a large central government at the expense of the individual States. Anti-Federalism supports a small central government and allows the States their Constitutional rights.

When Ron Paul talks about the Fed, he's talking about the Federal government, not the State governments. And other times he's just referring to the Federal Reserve System in particular.

Even though the Supreme Court stated in 2003 that the 16th Amendment was never ratified by the required number of states to make it a legal amendment? Even though the Tax Code uses the term "voluntary compliance" instead of "mandatory requirement"? Even though three Supreme Court Rulings in 1916, 1917, and 1919 (none of which have been overturned) stated that the 16th Amendment does not give the government any new powers of taxation not already allowed by the Constitution and that a direct, unapportioned tax is Unconstitutional?

Also the Supreme Court defined income in the Constitution as Capital Gains and defined monies earned from labor or a service to be private property.

And why have so few been able to fight the IRS over this issue? Well, kind of hard to hire a good lawyer when the IRS just siezes everything you own and the smaller courts don't allow you to defend yourself with the above Supreme Court rulings.

I had a big long post, and wouldn't you know it, the blasted wireless wonked out on me.

Check out www.ronpaul2008.com

You might not agree with everything about the guy, but I bet you'll like him way better than any of the current candidates. People from all political persuasions are rallying to the guy: conservatives, liberals, Libertarians, Democrats, Republicans, hehe even anarchists like me.

Ron Paul supporters did a November 5th fund drive in honor of the movie, V for Vendetta, and he wound up with 4.3 million in a single day. They plan to do an even bigger one on Dec. 15th in honor of the Boston Tea Party.

Oh, and with Ron Paul, you won't have to worry about those taxes, because he plans to eliminate the IRS and replace it with nothing. Like I said, my kinda candidate.