Thanks to Lawrence Reed for this one. “The real division is not between conservatives and revolutionaries but between authoritarians and libertarians” – George Orwell, author of 1984 and Animal Farm And this one I saw on FB. “The phenomenon of…
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Walter Williams on Taxes, Redistribution, & Morality
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Been a while since a saw this quote. Thanks to Lawrence Reed for the reminder. Bogus Rights - Walter Williams: Three-fifths to two-thirds of the federal budget consists of taking property from one American and giving it to another. Were a…
Today’s Quote: Rothbard On Economic Knowledge
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Yup. (pic via Wiki) It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a ‘dismal science.’ But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud…
Today’s Quote: C.S. Lewis On Tyranny
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Been posted before, but it’s time again. Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber…
Today’s Quote: von Mises on Laissez-Faire
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Another way to look at it is, if we’re too stupid to make decisions for ourselves, how can we be smart enough to elect the right people to make decisions for us? If one rejects laissez faire on account of…
Today’s Quotes: de Gaulle, Reed, and Hayek
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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant. – Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970) French president and military leader Why is it that statists believe that if you tax cigarettes you will discourage smoking but if you…
If Californians Fall For This, They Deserve It …
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A “temporary” tax increase? If Californians fall for this, they deserve it. Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. – H. L. Mencken Yeah, Mencken got it,…
Frédéric Bastiat on Socialism
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Yup. “Socialism, like the ancient ideas from which it springs, confuses the distinction between government and society. As a result of this, every time we object to a thing being done by government, the socialists conclude that we object to…
Thomas Sowell on Social Justice & Death Taxes
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Indeed. “The question is not what anybody deserves. The question is who is to take on the God-like role of deciding what everybody else deserves. You can talk about ‘social justice’ all you want. But what death taxes boil down…
Consumers, Not Producers
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Thanks very much to Our Dinner Table for reminding me of this great quote by Bastiat. Treat all economic questions from the viewpoint of the consumer, for the interests of the consumer are the interests of the human race. –…