Santelli, who is indeed a hero for using his visibility to say what he, and evidently thousands of others think, has also called for an income-tax holiday. That is an idea worth fighting and protesting for. The tea parties are a great beginning, but we should keep the momentum going beyond those. We ARE Atlas, and it’s time we shrugged.

When John Galt in “Atlas Shrugged” was being begged by the government goons who kidnapped him, to become the country’s “Economic Dictator” he asked them, if he agreed, would they do anything he asked them to? They said, yes, anything you say! Galt replied – Then abolish the income tax! Well, no, anything but that, his captors replied.

The redistribution of wealth starts there – in the government-sanctioned office of the IRS. Americans have the right to every penny we have earned, and we have the right to do with it as we wish. One small way to shrug is to reclaim some of your earnings, by increasing the number of withholdings on your W-4. I already did. From now until next April 15, my money is mine. I’ll worry about the IRS later.

Another way to shrug, is to do the majority of your shopping on-line. The dramatic increase in Christmas sales from Amazon is probably an indicator of Americans trying to keep as much of their money as possible – by avoiding sales taxes.

The only way for the government to increase its “revenues” (i.e., theft) is with our cooperation. Don’t give it to them.