“Taxes on capital, taxes on labor, inflation, bureaucratic regulation, minimum wage laws, are all - to different degrees - unnecessary slices of the wedge that stand between an individual's effort and reward for that effort.”

A very terse, base and of great significance list that absolutely affects the course of events and the nature of prosperity, liberty and freedom. The list compiles illustrative specimens of a systemic master / slave caste.

Insights of leadership, of sound logic and reasoning !

It's still the same.

The public sector never ceases to embed itself into the private sector, putting itself between every interaction between two or more entities.  It is the glue that greases the wheels of progress.