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The Government and the Currency
The Government and the Currency [Human Action (1949)] Reprinted from Mises.org Media of exchange and money are market phenomena. What makes a thing a medium of exchange or money is the conduct of parties to market transactions. An occasion for dealing with monetary problems appears to the authorities in the same way in which they concern themselves with […]
Government Is Using Secrecy As a Weapon
Government Is Using Secrecy As a Weapon “Everything Secret Degenerates” Everyone knows Lord Acton’s famous quote: Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. But few have heard this equally profound quote from Lord Acton: Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and […]
This Time is Different
This Time is Different For years, I have warned that we will face our worst nightmare – the collapse of socialism. In the death throes of this abomination that even the Ten Commandments listed as a serious sin, equal to “thou shalt not kill”, government will become the ugly beast that will devour society to retain […]
Oil industry pushing for carbon tax in Alberta
Oil industry pushing for carbon tax in Alberta But if heavy emitters are going to pay, they want consumers to share the burden The biggest players in Canada’s oil and gas industry are urging Alberta’s government to step up its environmental policies and introduce a carbon tax. Alberta already has carbon pricing, but the program […]
‘We the People’ Need to Circle the Wagons: The Government Is on the Warpath
‘We the People’ Need to Circle the Wagons: The Government Is on the Warpath “The government is merely a servant―merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn’t. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them.” ― […]
Hopeful Signs That the New World Order is Dying
Hopeful Signs That the New World Order is Dying We know the saying, you either see a glass half empty or half full. Your attitude, mindset and expectations guide your perceptions which in turn will guide your stated views and opinions of the world you live in. That said, depending on how you view the […]
Watching Shadows of Liberty
Watching Shadows of Liberty A powerful new film on what’s wrong with the U.S. media is now being screened around the country. It’s called Shadows of Liberty and you can set up a screening of it as part of an upcoming international week of actions for whistleblowers called Stand Up For Truth. Or you can buy the DVD […]
“Stop Being So Negative”: Putting It All Together
“Stop Being So Negative”: Putting It All Together Putting it all together Considering: 1) governments are unable to eliminate deficits 2) global government debt is increasing exponentially 3) 0% interest rates are allowing governments to borrow more to pay off old loans and fund deficits 4) Global growth is declining despite money printing and bailouts […]
The High Cost of Centrally Planning the Global Climate
The High Cost of Centrally Planning the Global Climate Since I’m not a person who follows the climate-change debate or climate science in detail, I don’t get involved in discussions over temperature readings or climate trends. On the other hand, I find it’s a very bad idea to leave the science of economics and political […]
A TOTALITARIAN SOCIETY HAS TOTALITARIAN SCIENCE
A TOTALITARIAN SOCIETY HAS TOTALITARIAN SCIENCE The government, the press, the mega-corporations, the prestigious foundations, the academic institutions, the “humanitarian” organizations say: “This is the disease. This is its name. This is what causes it. This is the drug that treats it. This is the vaccine that prevents it. “This is how accurate diagnosis is […]
The Financial Markets Now Control Everything
The Financial Markets Now Control Everything The entire economic and political structure is now dependent in one way or another on the continued expansion of financial markets. The financial markets don’t just dominate the economy–they now control everything. In 1999, the BBC broadcast a 4-part documentary by Adam Curtis, The Mayfair Set ( Episode 1: “Who Pays Wins” 58 minutes), […]
The End Is Near, Part 1: The “War On Cash”
The End Is Near, Part 1: The “War On Cash” As the saying goes, you can know a person by the quality of his or her enemies. This is also true of societies, where moral evolution can be traced by simply listing the things on which they declare war. Not so long ago, for instance, […]
TPP Would Destroy State, County and Local Government Power
TPP Would Destroy State, County and Local Government Power The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) would take sovereignty away from the American government … and hand it to a bunch of giant corporations, many of them foreign. It would also take sovereignty away from state, county and local governments … The attorney general of the State of New York explains: [TPP’s […]
Ten Wonderful Things I’m Grateful For (Irony Alert)
Ten Wonderful Things I’m Grateful For (Irony Alert) Being grateful boosts your happiness. Ten wonderful things I’m grateful for. Since every volume on the nearly endless shelf of pop psychology self-help books recommends working up some gratitude as the key to happiness, I’ve conjured up a list of what I’m grateful for. (Please turn your irony […]
‘It’s our money’ podcast: be educated on monetary/credit reform or continue looting by oligarchs
‘It’s our money’ podcast: be educated on monetary/credit reform or continue looting by oligarchs Human beings are looted by asset-hole oligarchs literally by the trillions every year. These lying sacks of spin are the .01% banksters, and “leaders” of government and corporate media. Human beings will either continue being looted and lied-to, or earn voices for justice from basic education that […]
