The obvious, primary result of government spending is somebody getting money, whether it be a pay check or a subsidy or whatever other way it’s spent. But the less obvious, secondary effect is that the person to whom the taxpayer would have given that same money had he not been taxed now no longer has [...]
This little note, despite the imperative tense in the title, isn’t about telling you what to do. It’s about realizing that the first steps towards a better world must necessarily be steps away from the corporatist, overinflated, top-down monopoloy money world we currently live in. Votes formerly represented our freedom and autonomy- however the obvious reality [...]
America has the leadership it deserves, and when this country finally finishes its thrashing, shrieking, pitiful death throes, hopefully ignorant, lazy people will know enough to stay the hell out of its government, for their own sake.
Two news items to consider together: Bin Laden’s Goal is to bankrupt the USA, and the USA needs to raise the federal debt ceiling by $1.9 trillion just to function next year To be honest, we didn’t even fight this one like we wanted to win it.
Everyone can see how strong the political currents are flowing today; our president can’t even tell kids to stay in school without a major brouhaha in the media and among the American people. But why this upsurge in political activism and outrage? It’s easy to make ignorant speculations without really knowing anything (RACISM!), but a [...]
“Who can be a failure in so many ways, instead of getting fired we’ll give ourselves a raise… the government can!” Causality is a tricky thing. Understanding why an event happens after the fact can be difficult and even impossible, given the complexity of reality, and given that any small contingency can have a massive [...]