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Governments and Morality

By Joseph | November 10, 2008

It is commonly accepted that there are standards of right and wrong in the world. The Declaration of Independence refers to them as the “Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God.” To obey these laws is right and to disobey them is wrong. These standards apply to every individual of every nation. [...]

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Taxation by Inflation

By Joseph | October 26, 2008

Inflation is a hidden and intentionally deceptive form of taxation. Governments love to be off the gold standard and use fiat currencies that allow them to inflate without controls (especially when all the other governments are also on fiat currencies).
Inflation of the money supply is what the Fed does. When the government needs [...]

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Free Trade

By Joseph | February 2, 2004

Thomas J. DiLorenzo has written an excellent article title, The Unconstitutional Tax on American Exports at LewRockwell.com. It is interesting to note that the Civil War was motivated by money. The North and the Federal Government were taxing imports which hurt exports in the South (if you cannot buy imports from foreigners because [...]

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Starve the Beast

By Joseph | January 22, 2004

I’ve been reading some interesting articles on President Bush and current federal spending. The philosophy being promoted by some is to cut taxes in such a way that will force the government to eventually cut spending and become smaller. The idea is to starve the beast. More information can be found at [...]

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