Lance Garrett Steagall complains that only 4.4 percent of our federal budget goes towards education, and that we’re overspending on defense.

People like Lance have a warped view of the role of federal government. Federal taxes should go towards federal defense… and there is no reason education needs to be federalized. I’d support 0% of federal education expenditures. Remember we’re in a republic, people, and the states can handle education without federal assistance!

I’ve never “gotten involved” in politics before—but one legislative proposal I’ve read about really has me fired up. The Fairtax Proposal. I can’t think of an issue to unite the country more than abolishing the IRS for individuals. In a nutshell, the proposal aims to abolish the income tax, and replace it with a national sales tax that will raise the same amount of revenue for the gov’t, but without the April 15th dread we all feel. You owe it to yourself to learn about it, get behind the movement, and help push this initiative onto the public stage. (And yes, I read the Neil Boortz book on the subject The FairTax Book.)