““By the democratic principles we espouse, government cannot have a right that citizens do not grant it. There are certain things that a person has no right to do. A person has no right to murder or rape another. Therefore, people cannot grant government authority to murder and rape. Similarly, no person has the right to forcibly take the property of one person in order to give it to another. Therefore, people cannot grant government authority to do the same thing. If I forcibly took property from one person, for any reason, most people would condemn it as theft, an immoral act. Theft or any other immoral act does not become moral because it is done by government acting on behalf of a consensus or majority vote just as murder or rape does not become a moral act simply because of a consensus or majority vote.””
Tags: Walter E. Williams ∙ government ∙ authority ∙ citizens ∙ murder ∙ rape ∙ theft ∙ consensus
A voice of sanity.
Another attempt to panic you. Seriously, why does anyone listen to this man when he has been wrong so many times?
One advantage of fifty states is so we can experiment and find alternatives that might work better. The Constitution does not grant power over education to the Federal government.
Pretty accurate analysis.
Why is this accepted?
“John Bogle's life is a reminder that in capitalism you can make a fortune by saving your customers money.”The implications are staggering. You'd better believe that this is getting a lot of attention.
A good step. So why wasn't this done years ago?
So why isn't this a major story?
“Technology extracts at least 2,000 liters of water per day from the atmosphere at a cost of less than 2 cents per liter.”When people don't buy what you are selling, change the label.
Elites don't like it when the populace make their own choice.
“Why were there more FBI agents sent to arrest Stone than Navy SEALs sent to kill Osama bin Laden? Why jackboots in the morning in America? Here is the back story.”Then there is the obvious question, why does the economy have to be "run?"
“So long as there is peace and political stability in Cambodia, the future is looking bright for this growing economy.”Amazing how no one talks about cutting spending.
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Not meant to explode. A hoax or a warning? I'm leaning towards hoax.
““A few days ago the creator of the most famous consumer ‘credit score’ in the United States announced a major overhaul in how it rates borrowers.”
Tags: Julian Assange ∙ Ecuador ∙ Britain ∙ politicos ∙ Social Security ∙ hoax ∙ warning ∙ drag show ∙ Catholic ∙ Title IX ∙ ideology ∙ envy ∙ theft ∙ Los Angeles ∙ pensions ∙ bank ∙ Foxconn ∙ eminent domain ∙ European Union ∙ EU ∙ CEI ∙ environment ∙ plastic
❝❝We need to find things we share rather than using faith to define the morality of our society. We can agree to outlaw theft and vandalism, we can't agree on marriage. We can agree that people shouldn't drive under the influence, we can't agree to ban all intoxicants. We can agree that people should be free to make their own choices, we can't agree which choices should be eliminated.❞❞
— NeoWayland, United We Stand - Dragging religion into politics
Tags: maxims ∙ choice ∙ sharing ∙ theft ∙ vandalism ∙ marriage ∙ under the influence ∙ intoxicants ∙ choice
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