The state -- or, to make matters more concrete, the government -- consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office. Their principal device to that end is to search out groups who pant and pine for something they can't get, and to promise to give it to them. Nine times out of ten that promise is worth nothing. The tenth time it is made good by looting 'A' to satisfy 'B'. In other words, government is a broker in pillage, and every election is a sort of advanced auction on stolen goods.
–H.L. Mencken
HORNBERGER'S BLOG
May 8, 2024 The Principles of Economic Liberty
Why shouldn’t people be free to keep everything they earn and decide what to do with their own money? That is a question that should be asked, discussed, and debated all across the nation. In other words, why not a society in which there is no federal income tax or IRS to enforce it? No more income tax returns. No more withholding taxes. ...
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With the adoption of the U.S. Constitution, the American people brought into existence the most unusual way of life in history, one that led ...
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Tik-Tok and FISA by Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling
In this week's Libertarian Angle, Jacob and Richard discuss recent U.S. legislation that extends and expands the ...
The Government's Propaganda of Fear and Fake News by John W. Whitehead
It is the function of mass agitation to exploit all the grievances, hopes, aspirations, prejudices, fears, and ideals of all the special groups that ...
