I'm pretty sure even Keynes would blush at the foolishness exhibited by the current regime. He'd be like, "Dudes!!! That is NOT what I meant! Y'alls gone nuts.......... & stuff."
The great French champion of liberty also forecast the corruption of education by the state. Those who held “government-endowed teaching positions,” he wrote, would rarely criticize legal plunder lest their government endowments be ended. The system of legal plunder would also greatly exaggerate the importance of politics in society. That would be a most unhealthy development as it would encourage even more citizens to seek to improve their own well-being not by producing goods and services for the marketplace but by plundering their fellow citizens through politics.
Bastiat believed that all human beings possessed the God-given, natural rights of “individuality, liberty, property.” “This is man,” he wrote. These “three gifts from God precede all human legislation.” But even in his time—writing in the late 1840s—Bastiat was alarmed over how the law had been “perverted” into an instrument of what he called legal plunder. Far from protecting individual rights, the law was increasingly used to deprive one group of citizens of those rights for the benefit of another group, and especially for the benefit of the state itself.
Bastiat’s warnings of the dire effects of legal plunder are as relevant today as they were the day he first issued them. The system of legal plunder (which many now celebrate as “democracy”) will erase from everyone’s conscience, he wrote, the distinction between justice and injustice. The plundered classes will eventually figure out how to enter the political game and plunder their fellow man. Legislation will never be guided by any principles of justice, but only by brute political force.
Hey, Irish .... you ass-ert that companies take their jobs and profits "overseas" ...wherever that is. Guess what, sooperdem, YOUR PARTY controlled the HOUSE and the SENATE since the 2006 election, and your Commies controlled the House + Senate + White House 2008- 2010. They coulda changed the TAX CODE. Your boys and girls liked it enough to leave it. Stop batching here and call Sh-rod Brownspot. wah.
IrishFedReservist .... Hey, You just fire up your fiat cash printin' press and run us off some more greenback notes there, John Maynard. That way you kin MULTIPLY the FX of that spending. The Keynesian leftwing "eekonuhmists" got you ...hook, line and sinkin' !!!! Irish, read some Sowell Economics, or Milton Friedman, or just log on to the Ludwig Von Mises or CATO site for about a week. You are economically challenged, son.
Luvsthesouth, its people having money to buythings that create jobs, not afew wealthy peoplè, they simply move their profits over seas! Capitalism has run its course unchecked' when
The middle class and the majority of the population has money to send on goods and services', that is how jobs are created! Ats better for all of us, not just a few' old buddy!
Freef .... Do you understand the difference between INVESTMENT DIVIDEND INCOME and regular wage/salary income? The US tax code & IRS has different rates for them. ==== You want Romney's 15% tax rate? Get your earings from selling your stock after price increases. Didn't buy and sell any stocks? Look in the mirror to see why you don't pay only 15% taxes.
littlegranny ... if you define "fair" as taking more of a successful working person's reward for study/work/self-discipline/wise habits .... becasue you are envious and covetous.... be sure to take down your American flag and put up a picture of Karl Marx and a Soviet star banner. You are touting a Manifesto, not he US Constitution .... All men are created equal! It is not fair to take a bigger bite out of a man's pie, just because he baked it, and you only worked hard enough to afford a pop tart.
I think its funny ! All these republicans signed a pledge to not raise taxes ! I guess the fine print said just not on the wealthy !!!Screw the poor !!
I hope senior citizens remember this looting of social security funds and the theft of $500 billon from medicare by democrats, and no raises for the last 3 years. And democrats talk how repubs are pushing seniors off the cliff? Yeah right! Don't be fooled again seniors!
I thank that everyone should pay their fare share in taxes. why should the 1% pay more income tax. And the pipeline you were talking about the part that is built has already had 6 leak. would you want your main water supply thratened by an oil spill.
Timetable- That was a little tongue in cheek. I do not agree with any tax hikes, but if the GOP had suggested defunding SS with a reduction in payroll tax they would have been hit over the head by the Dems. They on the other hand call it a middle class tax break. How ironic is that. The pipeline needs to be built and Obama and company will not let it as not to ire the environmental wackos. It is said it could create over 100,000 jobs. So much for Obama wanting to create more jobs. The more people taking government handouts the better for the Dems.
They cant destroy this once prowd nation with these kinds of givaways.Remember when the social security said no raise but ""ALL THE GOVERNMENT FOLKS GOT 3 PERCENT"" now thats the way to go.
The Republicans, The Democrats. Take away the names and watch how the vote and what do you have? A bunch of overstuffed pomas******that care for no one but themselves. Does any one out there have a definition on """IMPEACH""?????
Ok you got your 2 month tax break.(defunding of Soc. Sec.) The republicans wanted a year but the Dems don't want to build a pipe line for oil which could create over 100,000 jobs and lessen our dependence on middle east oil. Gotta love them Dems.
free4all
Would somebody tak the soapbox away from stiffminded please !
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irisheyes
Wow stiff, what a triad of outdated hogwash! You seem to be stuck in the past! Itss 2012 my friend, try living in it!
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Roscoe
I'm pretty sure even Keynes would blush at the foolishness exhibited by the current regime. He'd be like, "Dudes!!! That is NOT what I meant! Y'alls gone nuts.......... & stuff."
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WORKINGSTIFF
The great French champion of liberty also forecast the corruption of education by the state. Those who held “government-endowed teaching positions,” he wrote, would rarely criticize legal plunder lest their government endowments be ended. The system of legal plunder would also greatly exaggerate the importance of politics in society. That would be a most unhealthy development as it would encourage even more citizens to seek to improve their own well-being not by producing goods and services for the marketplace but by plundering their fellow citizens through politics.
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WORKINGSTIFF
Bastiat believed that all human beings possessed the God-given, natural rights of “individuality, liberty, property.” “This is man,” he wrote. These “three gifts from God precede all human legislation.” But even in his time—writing in the late 1840s—Bastiat was alarmed over how the law had been “perverted” into an instrument of what he called legal plunder. Far from protecting individual rights, the law was increasingly used to deprive one group of citizens of those rights for the benefit of another group, and especially for the benefit of the state itself.
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WORKINGSTIFF
Bastiat’s warnings of the dire effects of legal plunder are as relevant today as they were the day he first issued them. The system of legal plunder (which many now celebrate as “democracy”) will erase from everyone’s conscience, he wrote, the distinction between justice and injustice. The plundered classes will eventually figure out how to enter the political game and plunder their fellow man. Legislation will never be guided by any principles of justice, but only by brute political force.
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***********freeaudio****/fbastiat/24-Audio%20Book%20-%20Frederic%20Bastiat%20-%20The%20Law,%20Part%201.mp3
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www*.financialsense*com/contributors/ron-hera/fifteen-fundamental-problems-with-fiat-currencies
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WORKINGSTIFF
There will be a quiz:
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Hey, Irish .... you ass-ert that companies take their jobs and profits "overseas" ...wherever that is. Guess what, sooperdem, YOUR PARTY controlled the HOUSE and the SENATE since the 2006 election, and your Commies controlled the House + Senate + White House 2008- 2010. They coulda changed the TAX CODE. Your boys and girls liked it enough to leave it. Stop batching here and call Sh-rod Brownspot. wah.
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IrishFedReservist .... Hey, You just fire up your fiat cash printin' press and run us off some more greenback notes there, John Maynard. That way you kin MULTIPLY the FX of that spending. The Keynesian leftwing "eekonuhmists" got you ...hook, line and sinkin' !!!! Irish, read some Sowell Economics, or Milton Friedman, or just log on to the Ludwig Von Mises or CATO site for about a week. You are economically challenged, son.
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irisheyes
Luvsthesouth, its people having money to buythings that create jobs, not afew wealthy peoplè, they simply move their profits over seas! Capitalism has run its course unchecked' when
The middle class and the majority of the population has money to send on goods and services', that is how jobs are created! Ats better for all of us, not just a few' old buddy!
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WORKINGSTIFF
Freef .... Do you understand the difference between INVESTMENT DIVIDEND INCOME and regular wage/salary income? The US tax code & IRS has different rates for them. ==== You want Romney's 15% tax rate? Get your earings from selling your stock after price increases. Didn't buy and sell any stocks? Look in the mirror to see why you don't pay only 15% taxes.
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WORKINGSTIFF
littlegranny ... if you define "fair" as taking more of a successful working person's reward for study/work/self-discipline/wise habits .... becasue you are envious and covetous.... be sure to take down your American flag and put up a picture of Karl Marx and a Soviet star banner. You are touting a Manifesto, not he US Constitution .... All men are created equal! It is not fair to take a bigger bite out of a man's pie, just because he baked it, and you only worked hard enough to afford a pop tart.
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WORKINGSTIFF
luvthe south ... love your post .... go, dude.
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free4all
I think its funny ! All these republicans signed a pledge to not raise taxes ! I guess the fine print said just not on the wealthy !!!Screw the poor !!
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free4all
Last solid evidence I saw , two wealthy guys(Buffet and Romney ) both paid in the 15% range ! That would be OK for me !!
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rocker
I hope senior citizens remember this looting of social security funds and the theft of $500 billon from medicare by democrats, and no raises for the last 3 years. And democrats talk how repubs are pushing seniors off the cliff? Yeah right! Don't be fooled again seniors!
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whywhy
Keep the government clowns out of my life.
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littlegranny
I thank that everyone should pay their fare share in taxes. why should the 1% pay more income tax. And the pipeline you were talking about the part that is built has already had 6 leak. would you want your main water supply thratened by an oil spill.
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Reggie
Timetable- That was a little tongue in cheek. I do not agree with any tax hikes, but if the GOP had suggested defunding SS with a reduction in payroll tax they would have been hit over the head by the Dems. They on the other hand call it a middle class tax break. How ironic is that. The pipeline needs to be built and Obama and company will not let it as not to ire the environmental wackos. It is said it could create over 100,000 jobs. So much for Obama wanting to create more jobs. The more people taking government handouts the better for the Dems.
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timetable
Hey, REGGIE my man, You on Foodstamps and other public assistance, Sounds like Bro you have it handed to you.
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timetable
They cant destroy this once prowd nation with these kinds of givaways.Remember when the social security said no raise but ""ALL THE GOVERNMENT FOLKS GOT 3 PERCENT"" now thats the way to go.
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timetable
The Republicans, The Democrats. Take away the names and watch how the vote and what do you have? A bunch of overstuffed pomas******that care for no one but themselves. Does any one out there have a definition on """IMPEACH""?????
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Reggie
Ok you got your 2 month tax break.(defunding of Soc. Sec.) The republicans wanted a year but the Dems don't want to build a pipe line for oil which could create over 100,000 jobs and lessen our dependence on middle east oil. Gotta love them Dems.
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