Why do governments collect taxes??

...governments do not collect taxes to provide services, they provide services as an excuse to collect taxes. --Richard J. Maybury, "Justice," Chapter 30, page 159

The rest of us - - -

Most men live lives of quiet desperation. The rest of us are vocal about it. --Jomama, Saturday, July 30, 2011 9:27 AM

Woodstock or Auschwitz?

When you let people do whatever they want, you get Woodstock. But when you let governments do whatever they want, you get Auschwitz. --Doug Newman, TSA Does Not Protect You. Period.

Establishment Lying: Master Plan?

...if you control the narrative - the initial story that's widely told and accepted - you control what everyone knows is true. For generations if not forever. --Victor Milan, Who lies first, determines Truth

Who determines modern truth?

Who lies first, determines Truth. --Victor Milan, Tragic Waste, Monday, July 25, 2011

He/she who lives by credit dies by credit:

There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. --Ludwig von Mises, Human Action (pg 572)

The difference it makes - - -

What's the difference between private sector and public sector?

In the private sector, the customer is always right. --L. Reichard White, Monday, July 24, 2011

Democracy!!

Democracy: You get to vote for who oppresses you. That's freedom. --Unknown

THE appropriate question

Unfortunately, the appropriate question when viewing Western Main Stream Media is, "Who paid you to lie?" --L. Reichard White, April 6, 2011

Humanitarian war?????

"The phrase 'humanitarian war' is an oxymoron." --Noam Chomsky

Seer?

"If the so-called "anti-terrorist bill" [U.S.A. Patriot Act] is indeed signed tomorrow in the expected form, it will be looked on by future historians as the end of the United States as even a quasi-constitutional state and the beginning of potentially the most repressive police state in the history of the world." --L. Reichard White, N+N" The BIGGEST One, October 25, 2001, 07:33:16

White's Law of Halo Damping

If I perceive "The Government" is taking care of it -- or might take care of it -- or might not approve of what I do to take care of it -- at worst, I can relax awhile. At best, I can forget about it entirely. I egotistically call this "White's Law of Halo Damping." My personal response is damped within the halo of perceived government action. --L. Reichard White,  The Securitized Housing Investment Trust Has Hit the Fan By L. Reichard White - Price of Liberty 

Which is more dangerous -- politicians or guns?

"Let's ban politicians. They're ever so much more dangerous and uncontrollable than guns." --Bill St Clair, Wednesday, July 06, 2011 2:40 PM

How to Pack the Lies

"How do you include 20 lies in a 10 word sentence?

Hire a Government spokesman to write it." --L. Reichard White, Sunday, July 03, 2011 2:44 PM

Maybe this guy - - -

--Israeli Official Condemns Gaza Flotilla, Refuses to Deny Israeli Role in Sabotage of Boats"