No, really (and in explanation)...your BELIEF analysis was fine, it was just an interrupted thought. We could talk on far beyond that. It seems you were rolling along and then the telephone rang. Know what I mean?
As to brevity...I often challenged people presenting me with long drawn out posts by denying a response...saying: "You put that in 25 words or less and I will reply."
I know that "stream of consciousness" posts are akin to conversations in real face to face situations. They roll...they flow!
I also know that careful editing will get your BELIEF post down to 2/3 of a page or so, suitable for submission to newspapers all over America. Maybe two briefs...there is a possibility of breaking it up into several different thoughts.
The tax post turns me off...too general. It is obvious your tax post and my declaring triple by-passes for people over 60 be paid out-of-pocket are similiar. We both see (perceive) a problem but our proposed solutions are naive.