From Truthout.org: For conservatives who go around repeating that more taxes are always equivalent to less individual freedom, two researchers recall Montesquieu's opposite teaching. And demonstrate, with the support of the numbers, that the French philosopher's observation still holds true two and a half centuries later.

My posting to their comments:

When there is an effort to address the mis-information/propaganda campaign to convince America we are a democracy and not a Republic… THIS PODCAST IN THE LINK BELOW is one of the most illuminating dialogs I have heard… Lew Rockwell interviews Naomi Wolf… from Oct 2008… this is 50 minutes of time well spent. I have listened to this numerous times…the comments and perspectives shared here may help inform such a dialog of Republic v Democracy.

http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/023755.html

Favorite observations from repeated listenings: