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I think its better to view the government as owning public property (I think Hoppe agrees with this view as well) simply based on its actual control. -- Angurse Isn't it argued that legitimate ownership comes as a result of non-aggressive exchange rather than confiscation? Government may purchase land, but that it does so with funds that are confiscated
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The HOA contracts could simply limit inheritance. That is, the potentiol inheritors only receive the property by also agreeing to the contract, if they won't agree, the property isn't theirs to inherit. -- Angurse Is there anything in the Constitution (allegedly a contract amongst the people as represented by their respective states) that limits
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Lysander Spooner might suggest the neighborhood pool organization be dissolved as more and more properties pass to offspring with whom it has not contract, the previous one with parent being a contract of no authority. OR maybe the organization would transition from requiring residents to pay up front and simply charge at the pool per use. Could this
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Randall Holcombe is quoted by Walter Block in Chapter 9 of "The Myth of National Defense" as drawing a corollary of government from the neighborhood pool association: Both the neighborhood pool organization and the municipal government have the ability to force its residents to contribute to its coffers. In both cases the individual cannot
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Any tax not paid which jeopardizes life, liberty or property is a tax that is not voluntary, but mandatory. One cannot buy the necessities for life without paying a sales tax. Therefore, the sales tax jeopardizes life and is coercive by its nature. That one will pay the tax in order to preserve life does not make the tax any less coercive or make it
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...turn government, as a joint stock company, into a failed insurance policy? According to Gerard Radnitsky in chapter 5 of "The Myth of National Defense": In an economic perspective, the state is conceived as analogous to a joint stock company. Hence, the criterion that suggests itself for the distribution of voting rights is how much somebody
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Rettroper, Your argument is correct, but there is reason why AnCaps would not choose aggression as we discussed. According to Bertrand Lemennicier in Chapter 4 of "The Myth of National Defense," Imagine there is only one armed person. The temptation for aggressive behavior instead of peaceful conflict resolution for this person would be strong
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It isn't wealth if noone wants what is produced. It becomes wealth when it is sold. In order for people to consume, they must first produce/save. It is by savings that consumption occurs. Debt from loans and credit created by savings is using the savings of others to consume. Expanding the money supply to create loans and debt is stealing the savings
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AE suggest that taxation results in a misallocation of capital. NAP suggests that taxation in stealing.
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Mr Schnapps, This is what I understood the OP to be saying as well. What effect does a commodity currency, like gold, have on real wages versus a fiat currency, like dollars, when productivity increases?