Tag: Government
Who Are The Constituents?
We have an unusual system of government here in the United States. It is known as a Constitutional Representative Republic (not a...
Government Caused This
With the obvious strife and anger displayed by many folks in the media and protests lately, one must ask: who caused this...
The Death of Detroit
I met a 29 year-old firefighter from Highland Park, MI, yesterday. Highland Park is completely surrounded by Detroit, and at one...
Politics, Economics, and the Mob
Criminal economics is very similar to other forms of economics, with one critical difference, which is that criminals have two forms of...
The Purpose of Government
When I, as a young man, first became interested in economics, I found it difficult to gauge different economic theories against one...
We MUST choose… No Gov’t can do both.
Is government to be our Provider / Parent or the Defender of our Liberty?
The contentious divide between...
An open Letter to Senator Flake
Some of our most important shared values; assumptions guiding our every interaction with each other in society, have taken a real hit in recent...
Government vs Free Market Failures
The most pervasive argument on the left, and the most dishonest, is that if someone does not want government to provide something, they do...
America: Police State, Prison State, Military State, Spy State
The Police State
Some people think America is slowly degenerating into a police state but most libertarians know we already got there years ago; today...
Taxation: The Price of Failing to Build a Civilized Society
For libertarians taxation is theft.
For statists taxation is deft.
Deft? Yes:
“The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to procure the largest...
