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Few believe that. Even most of those who pay lip service to the  
premise make hypocrites of themselves by their actions. Most want less  
government except for THEIR priorities and programs. Test this  
yourself. Make the short list of the functions you want government to  
be responsible for. Then ask your friends to do the same. Compare.

OK, defense.  Yet, within my lifetime the country has no cause to rise in 
military defense.  Our freedom has always (during said lifetime) been more 
threatened by the government itself than from any outside force.  So defense, 
yes, 
but I don't buy the 'my son is stationed at the South Pole and is defending 
your freedom'.  From what?  Penguins?

Post office?  Nah.  I'd do fine without it.

Currency?  Mine is over 80% direct use economy and anyway the government has 
of late made a hash out of the currency.   Not holding my breath on that one.

Education?  Ha!  Don't even get me started.  No use whatever for it.

Dept of Ag?  ATF?  Dept of imigration (ha!, ha!).  No use for them.

Sorry, Gene, having a hard time coming up with something.  I still seem to be 
with the very small government sentiment.

> 
> >Gas does not make determinations. People do.


You think not?  I'll bet one gets a good whiff of gasoline in the voting 
booth this November.



> 
> I will have to research and think about this Jeavons Paradox. If your  
> gardening becomes more efficient, will you just do more of it? Or will  
> you expand your activities?

Are you a LotR fan, Gene?  When Frodo offered the ring to Galadriel and after 
her soliloquy she said, "I passed the test ...."   I have passed into that 
mystic realm of the direct use economy.  It is very much unlike money or 
power, 
or gasoline which is very kin to them.   I just came from the garden where I 
was ciphering the number of turnips .... wonderful 6" an 8" turnips still 
solid 
all the way through.  There's enough for us to have all we want to eat until 
they begin fade in mid July (at which time the fall crop of them is planted), 
 
More than enough, although not 60 sq ft planted to them.

Am I tempted to labor for more?  No.  I can't even eat the ones I have.  I 
have escaped from the Jeavon's Paradox   because I have found the secret to 
exert myself until the satiation of my wants and then the motivation for 
further 
effort disappears.  I have passed the test.   </HTML>