1 – OWS – Capitalism is to blame. Crony capitalism is to blame. For example Bush had Halliburton, Obama had Solyndra. The truth is that minus governments, the bailouts (which a good many of the banks never asked for or wanted) would never have been given. Minus government, we would be able to save for [...]
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Wealth and Income Inequality
In ongoing discussions with anarcho-communists (and their brethren, supporters of “The Venus Project”) and others that would be considered “liberals” or “progressives” the common issue of inequality of income or wealth is often brought up. They will trot out their dog and pony show of showing how bad such is and what problems arise from [...]
Is Free Market Capitalism an Oxymoron?
Kevin Carson‘s piece over at C4SS, “Free Market Capitalism is an Oxymoron,” offers a brief history of governments’ intervention in the formation of markets, which has led to the evolution of a modern form of capitalism more synonymous with feudalism than with free markets. Carson argues that, were markets truly free to develop based on [...]
Who is exploiting whom?
Imagine an artisan widget maker. The widget maker makes one widget per day and sells it for $10. Now imagine an investor/inventor/developer who creates a machine that makes widgets. He spends his time and money to build this machine and wishes to have an expert run the machine to monitor quality control and ensure the [...]
When Government Fails
If you’re like me then you know that before long, the government will kill itself off. By breaking its economic means, it will methodically lose the rest and simply become insolvent. I know most people who read this will disagree and that’s okay. Yet what if you’re wrong? What if the government were to go [...]
Taxes: The New Chains of Slavery
By David P Shirk I have yet to meet a person who likes paying taxes. Some people in their sick sense of thinking see it as a duty that they follow without complaint, but they really do not like it. We are told the taxes go to roads, protection, and emergency services – i.e. infrastructure. [...]
GWU Student Gets Michael Moore To Admit That We Don’t Have Capitalism (Then Admits He’s Socialist)
[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/NIfZ4gbNmKY" width="425" height="344" allowfullscreen="true" fvars="fs=1" /] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIfZ4gbNmKY&fmt=18 by Michael Shanklin Michael Moore speaks at George Washington University about his new film “Capitalism: A Love Story”. Chad Swarthout, senior at GWU, asks a question about free market economics and the government’s role in it, and Moore admits easily that the system we have now is [...]
The Pied Piper of ‘Yes We Can’
http://www.peacefreedomprosperity.com/?page_id=1140 By David P Shirk When I was still a teenager, my father taught me the importance of thinking before you do. He taught me that just because you can do something, does not mean that you should. He taught me to sit down, and weight the pro’s and cons; the bigger the decision, the [...]
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