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Felt like starting a thread to show clips of the government at its best (or worst). Feel free to post links to pictures, videos, anything you want. I'll start with one off the top of my head. "Hell no!": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwrzsLYt-uI&feature=related .
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I've heard a lot of theories about where and how the state originated since I've started my reeducation in Austrian economics/libertarian political theory. My statist professor claimed that it was created naturally from people banding together and choosing one person to protect them. In a video...
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It seems like they didn't teach us anything about real United States history in school. My teachers were always terribly boring and made us memorize the acronyms of the New Deal programs. I've had to teach myself everything I know about our history, but I always have to learn randomly - and by...
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As we all know Arizona just passed a new law I think it legalizes profiling and could spread to other states in the country. If I run a red light pull me over and give me a ticket don't ask me my nationality.
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The fact that BP was engaged in activities that had a chance of causing widespread harm should have required that they demonstrate the means to minimize the harm. They have already drawn on the Coast Guard for help, and have now asked for broad government help. Should the government help? If so, how...
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One of the more famous scenarios posed in discussions of morality and ethics is whether a man is morally(ethically) justified is stealing a loaf of bread from a merchant to feed his starving family. There's a collection of strong viewpoints from each pole and a large group in the middle who see both...
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Their subsidization of solar panel production is, believe it or not, has little or no impact on the pace of solar energy research and development. If they subsidized the production of cell phones, new faster, smaller, more reliable cell phones would still be coming out every year. The only difference...
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I know Ron Paul has mentioned support of this sort of proposal before, but I wasn't really able to find much else on this idea. Has there been any thought given to promotion of a "Private option" for government? That is, people voluntarily giving up their "protections" like police...
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The Non-Enumerated Rights It has been said that "governments are instituted amongst men" by Thomas Jefferson. The argument for the purpose of which; is to secure rights and privileges consistent with the views of society, during a specific time period. The natural process by which human's...
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I was having a discussion with a liberal friend of mine the other day, and I was speaking about the efficiencies of the free market versus the state. I interchangeably used the terms companies, businesses and corporations. He felt that corporations were often very inefficient. But, he made it clear that...