The following letter was sent to the Fayetteville Observer on January 26, 2010.

I am responding to the Observer editorial, "Cleanup: Corruption needs bipartisan effort to cure it"  on January 26, which addressed some of the corruption charges facing prominent N.C. Democrats, and the need for both parties to do something about it.

The editorial touched on a real problem, but fell short of giving a real solution. The problem of corruption isn't solved by the Democrats or Republicans. It isn't solved by government at all. The problem of corruption is government, and the only way to end that corruption is to decrease the size and scope of government.

Government is a disease masquerading as its own cure. -- Robert LeFevre