Utilitarianism?!?! My head is already starting to hurt...
Since you're out there throwing around outlandish ideas, I'm gonna throw mine out there and say this, what this country really needs is Libertarianism - Sorry, I guess I have this crazy idea that the Constitution still means something in this country...
Oh, and it gets crazier...
It's only a matter of time before the people of this country finally wake up and realize that the way our government is really supposed to function, is that we tell the Government what to do - not the other way around. This so called "social contract" we all live under with nothing but taxes, taxes and more taxes in return for a little government indemnity reads to me more like a Protection racket. The politicians of America are really nothing more than greedy gangsters.
Whatever - we survived Bush, we'll survive Obama. I'll be there when the shit house goes up in flames, and I'll be there to help rebuild this country to the way it was once founded.