Do democrats or republicans really matter at this point?

The only political stuff I watch on TV is the local news.  That's because I only pay for a basic cable package.  I primarily use Google Reader to stay up-to-date on RSS feeds.  My RSS feeds are:  BlackListed News, Reuters Politics, RogueGovernment and SurvivalBlog.  I am also subscribed to the National Inflation Association (NIA) newsletter.  They provide a lot of news in their newsletters.  I consider myself a libertarian at heart which would make me a far right conservative.  I honestly view most republicans as being more toward the middle instead of the right.  Furthermore, I view both democrat and republican parties as pointless.  They seem to stand for different values but typically accomplish the same results:  incur debt and go to war.  In general I agree with republican views, but their actions don't line up which makes them two-faced.  On the other hand, I disagree with democrat views, but at least most of their actions line up with their views.

For me it comes down to some fundamental ideas.

• The Federal Reserve needs to be dismantled and then our currency needs to return to a gold standard.
• Our military needs to be downsized dramatically and returned to a defensive stance.
• All federal assistance programs need to be retired.
• The federal government needs to remove itself from the public school system and allow the states to do what they think is best.
• Our federal tax system needs to be dismantled and replaced with something like a simple flat percentage tax.
• The allodial title system needs to be restored which means the retirement of eminent domain.
• Any law not dealing with crime (an offense against person or property) needs to be repealed.
• The ability for government to spy on citizens needs to be repealed.  This would include the Patriot acts.
• The second amendment needs to be enforced.
• You shouldn't need to register firearms.
• You shouldn't need a license to carry a firearm concealed or unconcealed.
• There shouldn't be regulations on how to transport a firearm.
• There shouldn't be regulations on what kinds of firearms you can own.

There are probably some ideas I am forgetting, but those are the main ones.  But honestly, I don't think any of this will happen since it appears the majority of people agree with where the country is going.  Most people don't agree with my views, and that's okay.  I am very thankful we live in a republic instead of a democracy.  In a democracy the majority determines the best route for the country and I realize that it has been the majority in this country that has brought us down the path we have taken.  In our republic, the majority is supposed to be confined within the restrictions of the constitution in order to keep the majority from removing the rights of the minority.  Sadly, our country has been operating more like a democracy instead of a republic.  I don't think our country can continue down this path without destroying itself.  My hope is that our country will collapse to such a degree that it will have the chance to rebuild on a much stronger foundation with more wisdom than we are currently displaying.  I am very excited about the years ahead.  I think our country could make a great turn around, but I think it will require some very rough adjustments.

My hunch is that our federal government will stay extremely bloated like it is now.  We will never bring in anything close to the kind of tax revenue required to operate our government.  Which means we will continually need to sell treasury notes to fund our expenditures.  Less and less countries are buying our debt (treasury notes).  China and Japan used to be the largest holders of our debt.  However, last year the Federal Reserve passed up both of them and is now the single largest holder of our national debt.  There is no sign of that changing.  China used to be the largest holder and they are beginning to sell off their treasury notes and diversify into gold.  The faster they do this, the more inflation we will see.  The Federal Reserve will continue to buy up our treasury notes in order to keep our government running.  Which means more and more dollars will enter the economy usually through stimulus or bank reserves.  Bank reserves are the most dangerous due to the way fractional banking works.  There is no way for us to ever pay off our federal debt.  At this point there are only two options:  default on our debt obligations or hyper-inflate our way out of them.  I would be very surprised if we default.  I fully anticipate us hyper-inflating in the years ahead.  NIA believes we could enter hyper-inflation as early as the second half of this year, and they fully expect us to be in hyper-inflation by 2015.  If they are right (and I think they are), that doesn't give people much time to prepare.

That said, I don't think republicans or democrats will make any real difference in the outcome of our nation.  I only like to track what they are doing in order to make appropriate preparations.  The only thing to do at this point is prepare for what is coming.