Their youngest child WAS born in the U,S,

I believe in fairness and a level playing field. If the Internet merchant must charge sales tax they should only collect the portion of sales tax that exceeds the amount of shipping and handling which the local merchant does not charge. Inmost cases the shipping charges would be more than the sales tax so no tax would be due.

The "brick and mortar" stores have an advantage over the Internet sellers in that they do not need to add in a shipping charge on top of the cost of the item. To be "fair" it seems to me that the Internet sellers should only be able to collect sales tax over and above the cost of the shipping amount.

Not even ONE? Wow!

VIA is heavily government subsidized and without that does not make a profit. Also, for the long haul (coast to cast) it is quite expensive. Back in the day there was CN and CP passenger service which eventually became unprofitable. VIA rail was created by the government to try and preserve some passenger service. Taxation from many sources supports the rail service, which could not operate without this infusion of cash. Part of the $32 Greyhound fare you speak of goes to support your "free" rail tickets.

Who are "the four fathers"?

If you actually learned how the commodities market worked you would realize how ridiculous your suggestions are. Buying a futures contract does not set the price of the commodity....the market does that. If the price rises above the price of your contract you make money, if it doesn't you loose money. Or you can short the market and make money if the price falls below your contract price.

You are absolutely correct, "inkling". Thank you for your factual breakdown of fascism and how it fits in to our situation today.

The Dems call these people "useful idiots".

and, if you pay the cable company for their service that brings you the movie you are STILL supporting Hollywood.