What?! Does Freud EVER make any sense?

Sure, but taxation WITH representation can be tyranny too, so representation is not the distinguishing feature here.

Oh and I will vote for Joe to take the land from Anonymous too so that way it is brought about by a democratic majority. Justice!

Bastiat is the man!

LOL! Too bad it comes from a guy who still thought the government should be in charge of printing money. Oh well, everyone is allowed one deviation as Rothbard used to say.

Here's a few more lies that we are told every day: Unbridled Capitalism creates chaos. Fighting for freedom is terrorism. Sovereignty is isolationism. Faith is ignorance. Democracy is self-determination. Democracy is freedom.

Yeah! Besides, death is natural while taxes are, well....I don't know, but they aren't natural.

This is so true. I wish I could remind myself of this everyday. This is an important idea.

Ok...I think my IQ just dropped after reading Waffler's comments...Anyway, this is basically a paraphrase of what Aristotle says about the importance of a Republic vs. a Democracy.

Waffler, the point was not that one-on-one crime doesn't exist, but that the worst crimes in history are almost always committed by official government actions. History suggests that government has done more harm than good and that just because the government says it is ok does not make it so. Of course, you wouldn't agree as you espouse the idea of democracy, which condones all government action as long as 51% of the people approve.

I can't tell if he is advocating this principle or not. If he is, I simply can't believe LBJ said that! The guy was king of "unintended consequences."

That is why it is so important to limit government and why it is so hard to actually do so.

That's because freedom works and oppression doesn't. A free people is a strong people. Freedom and the State are always opposing one another.

NO NO NO!!!!

So why did Washington then establish a National Bank? Hamilton behind the scenes pulling the strings.

Waffler, the Federal Govt gets its powers from the people and the states. If the states don't have the right, the Federal Govt doesn't have the right because the people could have never delegated that right to the Federal Govt in the first place. I am surprised so many times that your ideas are totally backwards on natural law and rights.

The Constitution does NOT forbid private corporations to create money. It does NOT forbid private corporations to do anything for that matter. The Constitution forbids the government to do these things. This decision is based on a completely false premise. The Supreme Court doesn't even understand something as simply as the Constitution. How can we expect them to make wise decisions about it.

Too bad his words have outlived their pointedness. Our politicians wouldn't think twice before doing everyone of those things...in fact, they are doing it right now.

That's what I am worried about.

Bastiat is the man

Sure, but I wouldn't call Friedman a free-market guru. He still likes government intervention. He doesn't ultimately believe in the free-market system.

Also BS

BS

Interesting...much in the same way that government does not grant rights. The rights were there before. They are a precondition of government, just as water is a precondition of fish.

Well said by a liar...