The government is only allowed to impinge on an individual’s rights when that individual’s actions or intended actions will harm other unwilling participants.
Tag: government
Celebrate Liberty
In the United States we celebrate our national independence on the 4th of July. The full justification for the revolutionary war is a complex topic for a single post. In today’s riff I’ll briefly discuss the essential causes for the revolutionary war, and wrap up with far out thoughts on a form of democracy we may see emerge around the world in the coming decades.
What’s broken in our economy and how we may repair it
Early this morning I read a series of articles1 which expanded on my uneasy expectations of where the US economy is headed, and inspired me to consider what may be done to remedy the situation. The major themes of the posts can be broken down into a few significant areas. (more…)
You can’t have guns, butter, and tax cuts
“…the numbers just don’t add up”
David M. Walker, Comptroller of the US 1998-2008
US Federal Government Shutdown
Does wealth exist in a vacuum?
The Rise of Net Nations and Political Mobility
I’ve often wondered why I’m subject to the higher taxes of social democrats, while also forced to obey the restricted individual rights of conservative republicans. It is the product of a forced convergence of basic rights, local law, and philosophical/behavioral legislation which I believe can be decoupled.
