Why do governments lie?

Governments lie. ...If they told people the truth, they wouldn't last very long. --Historian Howard Zinn.

The REAL reason "they" want you working - - -

"OF COURSE governments want you to have a job -- they get HALF of everything you make." --L. Reichard White 

Do YOU have it wrong?

"It's not Democrats vs. Republicans you nits, it's the Democrats and the Republicans vs. you." --L. Reichard White, October 22, 2013, 13:39:46

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Austerity - - -

"Austerity" = "You get to spend your money instead of the government spending it for you." --L. Reichard White, Sunday, August 04, 2013 8:27 PM

"Unfettered Capitalism" - - -

"Unfettered Capitalism" = protected from competition -- usually by "regulation" -- (and/or subsidy) by a government. Otherwise "capitalists" are seriously fettered by "we the customers." Which is why the capitalists engineer protection -- usually by regulation -- (and/or subsidies) from a government.  --L. Reichard White, Saturday, July 20, 2013 10:54 AM

P.S. This is the ultimate result of what, when applied to bank bailouts, is called "moral hazard" as businesses learn how to get governments to underwrite their operations -- using taxpayers' money. 

It's NOT us.

Always remember, The U.S. is NOT us. --L. Reichard White, Tuesday, June 25, 2013 5:17 AM

A little help please - - -

I heard yesterday that "There are some questions one just doesn't ask."  What are they so I can ask them?  --L. Reichard White, Sunday, June 16, 2013 2:48 PM

Do you support slave owners?

"To presume to have the authority to remove another's inherent right to self-determination is the assumption of the slave owner." --Dr. Amanda Kim Case, June 3, 2013

Why not UNBANK?

Having money in a bank is like having a joint account with the government. --Dr. Amanda Kim Case, Sunday, May 26, 2013 10:19 AM

Why not unbank?

WHY our teachers didn't tell us - - -

The sad thing is, our teachers didn't know they were lying to us. --Barbara Nutt Whetstine, Thursday, May 23, 2013 2:54 PM

Their secret weapon

"Courts and their costs are weapons of the well-funded." --L. Reichard White, May 13, 2013, 11:45:40

You can die safely - - -

The truth of the matter is, you can start with a mini-government and, if you're lucky, safely die before it seriously screws over your posterity - - - L. Reichard White, Saturday, April 06, 2013 5:55 PM

What controls governments?

Customers control businesses -- and can put them out of business by not patronizing them anymore.  What exerts the same control over governments?  --L. Reichard White, Friday, March 08, 2013 12:56 PM

Looting mechanism?

Mainly, governments are looting mechanisms -- mainly they loot their "citizens." --L. Reichard White, Monday, February 11, 2013 1:51 PM

What happens if you don't?

If you don't program yourself, someone else will. -L. Reichard White, February 7, 2013, 08:57:21

Just not up to the job

There are periods in history when curmudgeonly behavior isn't up to the task at hand.  Now, for example. --L. Reichard White, November 30, 2012, 08:36:54

UP YOURS

Up yours, screw-off, govern yourself. --L. Reichard White

Who do YOU trust?

Always trust everything except your own judgment. Don't rattle the establishment. --L. Reichard White,Monday, November 05, 2012 1:11 AM

WE don't know what's good for us --- but YOU do?

We don't know what's good for us?  Really?  That assumes YOU know what's good for us, it's good for ALL of us -- and you have the right to force ALL of us to do it.  Really?  --L. Reichard White, Thursday, August 30, 2012 7:02 AM

Is it "greed" or is it "social responsibility?"

Why is it that when people want to spend their own money, it's called greed, but when someone else wants to spend it, it's called social responsibility? --Dave Kruger, Sunday, August 12, 2012 4:29 PM