How big government takes, rather than gives

I recently signed up as an online activist for the Bobb Barr campaign and came across the following question on his Facebook page. What will this country become if we continue to be led by big government politicians? Now that I have had time to think on it and do a little research, I have come to a more informed conclusion in much the same vein as the reply I posted there. The following is my response:
I am voting for Bobb Barr in this election because I think he will do more to make our country and each individual within it more free than it is now. He is running on a platform of smaller government and lower taxes, the two most important issues directly affecting our lives in this country. I believe that if we continue on the path of big government handouts and regulation that we are paving for ourselves, this country will become less free and more like the countries that envy us so much for our success.
We have politicians in this country fighting to make us more like our Canadian and European counterparts, where people can't get healthcare or languish on waiting lists because of the inefficeincies of government. We have people running for office on a campaign platform that promises change with no real definition, because the change being promised always leads to the problems our friends in the third world struggle to overcome. High unemployment, food shortages, and a lower standard of living for all is the historic result of policies meant to redistribute wealth and micromanage people's actions in the name of fairness. We have people who call themselves Conservatives talking about obscene profit, refusing to address our dependence on foreign oil, and buying into global warming hysteria. Big government has the same results regardless of the point of view, or execution of ideals.
These politicians talk about fairness and equality, but their true goal is power. Even if they genuinely care about the people, they are more concerned with enacting their ideals, at any cost, than they are with truly helping the people. The result is never to bring the poor up, but to bring the rich down. The result is that we all loose something.
The best thing the government can do for the people is to do the job it was set up to do and leave the rest to the people, for better or worse. Personal freedom and free markets allow people who work hard to achieve anything. It may be callous, but people who don't care to help themselves, don't have any right to the profits of someone else's hard work. Personal freedom will allow people to achieve what no government can give them. If you think we have problems with healthcare and the economy now, wait until we start to see the results of change for its own sake.They say there's no such thing as a free lunch. If you wait around for the government to feed you on someone else's dime, you deserve the slop you will get.

What's up with this presidential race?

Is there anyone worth voting for? I don't vote Democrat and prefer not to vote Republican most of the time. The Libertarians don't have anyone this time. Ron Paul's week on defense, Huckabee seems to be a maniac whose only redeeming quality is his support for the Fair Tax. I can't vote for him because I don't think he can push tax reform through this Congress. I do think he could do some spending and nannying that would go right through. I like Thomson, but he's not making any effort. I hear good things about Hunter, but he's below the radar. I want to like Giuliani, but we disagree on major issues. Don't get me started on McCain.
Are the Republicans and everyone else trying to hand this thing over to Hillary? That's going to be a huge nightmare. You think we have problems with healthcare and the economy now, wait till she's in office with all her bed wetting liberal friends in Congress.
The American people need to wake up and realize what'sgoing on here. There ain't no free lunch, and the government will be serving slop if they get any worse.Why can't people take off the blinders and ignore the retoric?We need some serious third party action.I'd run myself, but if you haven't figured it out, I'm not a people person. I just want to be left alone. The government needs to do its job and leave the rest of us alone.

are you mad yet?

Is it just me, or does this two-party system suck? When is everyone going to wake up and realize that these career politicians are just in it for the power? I'd like to see the average joe voter wake up and tell me when a serious third party candidate is going to break through the system. I'd like the average joe voter to wake upand realize that the government isn't going to take care of them and that it's not the government's job anyway. There's a little piece of paper called the Constitution that lays out the government's job. Taking care of average joe's needs and wants is not on there. Just a couple little things called his rights and freedom.
I'd like to see the Libertarians get it together, but, like the big guys, their most prominent candidates on the national level tend to come across as wack jobs. I'll get into more specific issues on a later date.
I can't wait to stir the puddin, but I need organize a bit first. If you want a little background on my crazy politics and the art that brings them to visual reality, check out http://www.machinepolitick.com/.
Let me know what you think. Maybe you can get the ball rolling in a whole new direction.