Robert Wenzel reviews Tom DiLorenzo’s new book.
Source: San Francisco Review of Books: Socialism Destroyed
Archive for the ‘Federal Government’ Category
What Donald Trump should have said last night
22
Jul
Donald Trump’s acceptance speech at the Republican convention last night could have been a lot shorter and focused on espousing the virtues of limited government and free enterprise.
First, Donald should have used several props, such as the first 1040 form, which was only four pages long. He should have said that a tax return of 1914 was simple and allowed the federal government to raise the funds it needed to pay for its expenses 100 years ago, when only 2% of the American people had to pay any income tax. In addition, today large and medium-sized businesses need an army of accountants and attorneys to comply with the tax code. That’s money that cannot be used to buy better equipment, modernize their factories, and thus make American workers more productive, which would earn them higher salaries.
Help the Poor by Abolishing the Income Tax – The Future of Freedom Foundation
21
Jul
The income tax must be abolished to create sustainable prosperity.
“The standard leftist position on helping the poor is: Increase income taxes on the rich and give the money to the poor in the form of welfare. The idea is that it’s just not fair that someone has more money when someone has less money. By equalizing people’s financial conditions, through the force of a progressive income tax and a welfare state, the financial plight of the poor will be improved. The left, however, is wrong. As our American ancestors, Continue Reading…”
Source: Help the Poor by Abolishing the Income Tax – The Future of Freedom Foundation
US Airstrikes Kill Up to 200 Civilians in Northern Syria Villages, ‘Mistook Them for ISIS’
21
Jul
Interventionism is killing innocent people. And the neocons wonder why foreigners hate the federal government and there is blowback.
George Washington outlined the only moral foreign policy in his Farewell Address: no entangling alliances and commerce with all. In addition, the federal government should not be “exporting democracy” and being the policeman of the world.
“US Airstrikes Kill Up to 200 Civilians in Northern Syria Villages, ‘Mistook Them for ISIS’ | Potentially deadliest strike on civilians in entire war…”
Source: US Airstrikes Kill Up to 200 Civilians in Northern Syria Villages, ‘Mistook Them for ISIS’
What If the Fix Was In?
21
Jul
Judge Napolitano raises the most important questions about Hillary, Obama, and the FBI.
Source: What If the Fix Was In?
GOP convention begins…
19
Jul
…and Robert Wenzel tells it like it is…a beating of the war drums. I heard Sen. Jodi Ernst speak, and it was clear why Trump did not choose her as the VP. She is a terrible speaker.
Source: Target Liberty: Republican Convention Night One: Insanity
Thumbs down for both Donald and Hillary
18
Jul
“In both their policies and personalities, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are the natural offspring of the upside-down incentives of the political plunderland that the American system has degenerated into: where governance is perverted into a regime of kleptocratic power-grabbing and the paternalistic social engineering of human relationships.”
Source: Donald and Hillary in Plunderland | Foundation for Economic Education
“The Saudis Did 9/11″…
18
Jul
Or “ally” in the Middle East…With allies like the Saudis who need enemies?
“News reports about the recently released 28 pages of the Joint Inquiry into the 9/11 attacks are typically dismissive: this is nothing new, it’s just circumstantial evidence, and there’s no “smoking gun.” Yet given what the report actually says – and these news accounts are remarkably sparse when it comes to verbatim quotes – it’s […]”
Source: The Saudis Did 9/11 – Antiwar.com Original by — Antiwar.com
Debunking Washington’s Big Lie
17
Jul
The federal government needs a foreign foe to take the people’s minds off the rotten domestic polices, maintain and build up the military-industrial comple and do the bidding of our so-called allies.
“By Jeff Faux at the Nation Where are you from?” the elderly man asked politely, as my wife and I strolled through his small Iranian village in early May. “America,” I answered. “Wonderful,” he said…”
Source: Debunking Washington’s Big Lie—–Why Iran Is Not Our Enemy | David Stockman’s Contra Corner
Time to privatize the post office
14
Jul
“The bottom line is that there’s no reason in a modern economy for a government to operate a business that delivers pieces of paper (any more than it would make sense to have government deliver pizzas).”
Source: The US Postal Service Is a Ridiculous Relic | Foundation for Economic Education
Education or propaganda?
13
Jul
“For almost thirty years, I have taught climate science at three different universities. What I have observed is that students are increasingly being fed climate change advocacy as a surrogate for becoming climate science literate. This makes them easy targets for the climate alarmism that pervades America today. Earth’s climate probably is the most complicated …”