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Services Rendered (But Not At Gunpoint)

Apr 17th, 2012 | By | Category: Featured, Politics
Most people "get" that their ability to decline a service or product serves as an incentive. The seller of the service or product must convince you that the service or product is worth at least as much as the money they are asking in return. If not, and you decline, ...read more

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Time To Pay Your Taxes, Slaves

Apr 16th, 2012 | By | Category: Featured, Politics
As an expatriate PT (Permanent Tourist or Prior Taxpayer) I legally do not have to pay income taxes. Nearly a decade ago when I lived in Canada and complained about the socialist government and the taxes many brainwashed government lovers would tell me, "if you don't like it, leave." I happily ...read more

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U.S. to Become Tax Debtors’ Prison

Apr 5th, 2012 | By | Category: Featured, Personal Investing, Politics
If you're planning to leave the U.S. for any reason, you may soon need to make sure your taxes are all paid up. The U.S. government is looking to plug up leaks on its tax slave ship. From CBS... LOS ANGELES (CBS) -- A bill authored by a Southland lawmaker that could ...read more

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Hooray for the Rich Who Don’t Pay Taxes

Jan 24th, 2012 | By | Category: Economics, Featured, Politics
First, a correction. A Bar regular writes... "Joe Lieberman is not a Democrat. He is an independent, as he resigned from the Democratic Party. Don't you ever check things out before stating them as facts? "Wish you the best with your paranoia," "-- Steve K" This comes from one of our most-faithful, unswerving, persistent ...read more

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Buffett Puts His Loose Change Where His Government-Kissing Mouth Is

Jan 19th, 2012 | By | Category: Economics, Featured, Politics
Enthusiastic tax shill Warren Buffett has put his money where his mouth is. He's ponied up $49,000 to help pay down the national debt. He's simultaneously matching voluntary contributions already made by Rep. Scott Rigell of Virginia. Yes, $49,000 to Mr. Buffett is the equivalent of 49 pennies to the rest of ...read more

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Don’t Worry About Paying Taxes

Jun 8th, 2011 | By | Category: Economics, Featured, Politics
Some old Roman guy, Marcus Tullius Cicero to be wikipedially exact, said that the sinews of war are infinite money.  The state’s minions only have three ways of getting the money that their war machine needs to stay strong; debt, currency debasing, and taxation.  There isn’t anything we can do ...read more

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Why Theft Is Never OK, Even When the Government Does It

Jan 19th, 2011 | By | Category: Featured, Politics
Yesterday was the morning of my 35th anniversary on the planet. The well-wishing phone calls started early. I missed the first — from my younger sister, who is always the first to call on my birthday — and made a note to call her back later. I was awake enough to ...read more

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The Only Good Vote Is a Non-Vote

Nov 3rd, 2010 | By | Category: Featured, Politics
A reminder to all those trigger-happy voters out there: Remember, a vote of no confidence is still a vote and, for true freedom lovers, perhaps the most important one of all. To this editor’s mind, the only way to avoid being complicit in the crimes the victorious party will inevitably commit ...read more

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Avoiding the Looming Disaster of Social Security

Aug 25th, 2010 | By | Category: Featured, Macro Economics, Politics
Because of failure to heed the limitations of the U.S. Constitution, which has produced runaway federal spending, our nation sits on the precipice of disaster. Former Senator Alan Simpson of Wyoming and Erskine Bowles, White House chief of staff under President Bill Clinton, co-chairmen of President Obama’s debt and deficit ...read more

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Posted in Featured, Macro Economics, Politics | 26 comments


Government Is Still Just Like an Overtaxing King

Apr 21st, 2010 | By | Category: Economics, Featured, Politics
These days it takes very little to set me off on yet another rant against the American political class – a proxy for governments the world over. On occasion, I’m tempted to apologize for these rants. Not so much for the message, but for the frequency. Unfortunately, when surveying the landscape on ...read more

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Posted in Economics, Featured, Politics | 19 comments


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