Biden’s Student Loan Bailout Is a Textbook Example of ‘Legal Plunder’
August 29, 2022 – Brad Polumbo …… The president is attempting to pervert the law and use it for naked clientelism. Continue reading →
Society Is a Blessing, but Government Is Evil
August 13, 2022 – Thomas Paine …… The safety and prosperity of the individual and of the whole depends on the principles of society and civilization, something deeper than any government. Continue reading →
Trudeau’s Totalitarian Response to Trucker Protests
February 19, 2022 – Mitch Nemeth …… In 2020, Prime Minister Trudeau expressed alarm that the Trump administration might put down violent protests in US cities. In 2022, he decides a heavy-handed response to peaceful protests is justified. Continue reading →
Raiding the World Bank: Exposing a Fondness for Dictators
January 6, 2022 – James Bovard …… I was astounded at how many despots the World Bank was propping up. Bankrolling tyrants is the equivalent of a Fugitive Slave Act for an entire nation, preventing a mass escape of political victims. Continue reading →
Legalized Plunder Has Been Supercharged in America
October 19, 2021 – Gary Galles …… Bastiat pointed out that no citizen could do what the government does without being charged with a crime. Continue reading →
Taxation and Forced Labor
December 4, 2020 – David Gordon …… Taxation is Theft! Continue reading →
The United Nations and the Origins of “The Great Reset”
November 19, 2020 – Antony P. Mueller …… The United Nations has been the key institution in setting the stage for a global “Great Reset” devoted to global management of human society and of markets. Continue reading →
A Coronavirus Spending Scandal
October 19, 2020 – Craig Eyermann …… Neither sloppy lawmakers nor greedy bureaucrats will face the axe of accountability. That’s because neither of these groups wants to have a lot of scrutiny into how they spend money. Continue reading →
Howard Buffett: Against Legal Plunder
September 24, 2020 – Trevor Daher …… The commandment “Thou shalt not steal” was not to be abolished outright. That would offend too many. So the commandment was simply modified to “Thou shalt not steal—except by majority vote.” Continue reading →
Corruption is the Lifeblood of the State
September 20, 2020 – Lee Friday …… “Legal” corruption is the problem. As Albert Jay Nock wrote: The interests of the State and the interests of society…are directly opposed. Continue reading →