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especially in regard to the situation in Greece. Well my opinion about taxes it that they are theft in any case, It's not a deal you may make or may not do. You live in country X the "authorities" from country X will tax you. You have no choice but comply, otherwise you will be "convinced"...
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Would you agree if I asked "We all are "democrats" ....? Do you?.. Let's see what it means. Democracy means some figures are the "majority" and can decide for all. So let's talk our "beloved" Germany as example. We have around 80 Millions men in here. Let's...
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It would be terrible nice to check out which country was the soundest before the GFC, during the GFC and how will recover most quickly. And especially what the Keynisiens have to show to prove their points. Here's one comment about not beeing Kynesian http://www.zerohedge.com/article/germany-defies...
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This article by S.M. Oliva makes clear the ridiculousness and hypocrisy of antitrust law. Collusion is perfectly natural and accepted for some groups, such as NBA players, public school teachers, and manufacturing company employees. But others get sued and fined for doing essentially the same thing,...
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If you haven't seen this disturbing video , and you care about police powers in a free society, it's definitely worth a watch. The story can be found in an article from Reason Magazine . Here we see the fallout of a) the war on drugs and b) the militarization of police (and one could argue that...
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(Originally posted at damienmanier.com ) The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the many following bills that modified and added to it has been a great affront to property rights and by extension individual sovereignty. Whether we examine the impacts of “equality of outcome” the Civil Rights Act...
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It's a sad, sad story, now being played out practically wherever wild salmon stocks once were abundant. (This version refers to the Pacific Northwest, particularly to events in British Columbia). First, national governments wrest control over salmon fisheries from native peoples, and eliminate low...
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I noted in my previous post - Avatar resonates in China - where standing up for property rights (and against "progress") can be downright subversive - that Avatar had hit a surprising chord in China. Perhaps not so surprisingly. China's censors have said they have seen enough of the band...
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See Michael Gilberson , co-blogger with Lynne Kiesling at Knowledge Problem , discussing recent research: " Cooperation and cheating among bacteria ". I think we are beginning to see that ethical issues, that is, "problems" of cooperation between individuals, permeates life, and that...
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It looks as if James Cameron` s Avatar movie - which is seen by many in the West as predictibly shallow, anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist, pro-enviro and racially politically correct - has struck a home-owners` rights chord that is resonating in China, and may reinforce popular demands in China for...
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Fellow libertarians, O Cynical Ones, you might be surprised to note that, at least in some cases, it MAY be possible to educate thick-headed and corrupt government bureaucrats and political appointees about the reasons for policy failures, and the government MIGHT even actually decide to cean up its...
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I copy here some thoughts I posted on two linked threads by Jeffrey Tucker and Stephan Kinsella in November regarding problems with intellectual property , as well as some relevant parts of the comment thread by Stephan and others: My own view has come around to the idea that state-created IP is abusive...
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Lew Rockwell has a post up on the Mises Economics Blog - "The Left Fell into the Climate Morass" - that has just come to my attention. I`m not from the left, but as a right-leaning, free-market enviro, I offered Lew a few comments , which I copy below: Lew, I think most of your criticism of...
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Barry Goldwater's The Conscience of a Conservative is, sadly, just another politician's manifesto, making sweeping statements in support of individual rights in one breath and in the next sacrificing them at the altar of government. He believes in individual property rights, sure: One of the...
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A new maxim of judicious living: Poverty is the best policy. If you get wealth, you will have to support other people; if you do not get wealth, it will be the duty of other people to support you. —William Graham Sumner, What Social Classes Owe to Each Other It's the new American Dream.