LIKE SWATTING A FLY

The US is an oligarchical republic in the guise of ancient Rome. The only public services the unwashed masses will be afforded are the scraps [the ‘Bread and Circuses‘] that are deemed necessary to keep them compliant. The USA doesn’t provide basic anything to most citizens. We aren’t entitled to stuff like livable wages, decent […]

LIARS!

Of course they lie. They lie because they want to. They lie because they can. They lie because it is second nature to them; it comes naturally. These people lack a conscience: they lack empathy, and they lack of any sense of responsibility for their actions. Dishonesty, arrogance, greed and corruption are hardwired into their […]

TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION

America’s corporations are sitting on close to $2 trillion in offshore bank accounts in places like the Cayman Islands and Bermuda. That’s cash that is not being used to create jobs, build factories, or improve infrastructure. In a country where upward mobility is virtually impossible, corporations have become less committed to workers well-being and more […]

Concerning the General Power of Taxation

In Federalist Paper #30, Alexander Hamilton argues that the new American government must possess unrestrained power to impose taxes to support all the basic functions of that government – particularly the power to raise and supply an army or militia. He mentions building fleets and paying debts, but most of his examples deal with the […]