Complete Liberty Podcast

Episode 71 - Government, unnecessary and insane destroyer of economies, and the American Dream


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Onion-like headlines from FEE In Brief (http://fee.org/fee-pubs/in-brief/) http://fee.org/articles/in-brief/government-mission-change-gms-bureaucratic-mindset/ The melding of America with the USSR Legacy health care costs out of control, but make perfect socialistic sense! (further reading: The Relentless Process of Socializing Health Care by D.W. MacKenzie http://mises.org/story/2946) Government just takes money from the economy (or prints it), leaving people poorer overall Corporations are part of the systemic problem of government too, typically lobbying against competition http://fee.org/articles/in-brief/ama-objects-government-insurance/ (further reading: Competition Would Save Medicine, Too by John Stossel http://www.theatlasphere.com/columns/090609-stossel-medicine.php) Insurance companies and their policies are the result of fascistic government; free market health insurance would be vastly cheaper and more sensible Fighting for our liberties - http://www.livefreenow.org/images/cartoons/cartoon30.gif Only "governments" go to war, which means groups of people hiding behind flags to kill people Imagine celebrity political death matches between "leaders" of "nations"...on pay-per-view, with proceeds funding cancer research Governmental schools teach "citizens" to become collectivized, willing and able to sacrifice their individual lives The "collective" never suffers; only individuals suffer The "universal health care" of the VA; communized medicine provides poorest service at highest cost--economics 101 Choices go up and the costs goes down in a complete liberty economy The immense immorality and injustice of a fiat currency (courtesy of legal tender laws) Recap on gansters and banksters: CLP37 - http://completeliberty.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=390270 California, Out of Money, Reels as Voters Rebuff Leaders http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/21/us/21calif.html We don't need government in the 21st Century! Governmental workers need to shift to the free enterprise sector and trade voluntarily and productively with others Self-righteous state unions are coercive protection rackets HASTA LA VISTA, ARNOLD! What California's Budget Mess Means for America http://reason.tv/video/show/783.html Socialism is economically unsustainable over the long term--and it's always immoral and unjust Inflation as an insidious form of taxation; case study http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwean_dollar The fiat currency stroke of evil genius: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bretton_Woods_system Governmental "charity" drives out private charities (just like bad money drives out good money http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gresham's_Law) "Doing business" in government is an insult to businesspersons everywhere (as is governmental "revenues") The concept of political representation is insane What part of your life would you like someone else to govern? The Governator makes an appearance and tries to explain himself! Schwarzenegger suggests state consider flat tax http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/06/flat-tax.html Tax "Reform", Terminator-Style by William Shughart http://www.independent.org/blog/?p=2374 California would really flourish under a 0% tax rate; violence isn't necessary to help people The people in government are the most selfless people (and thus the most irrational) Stealing is immoral, regardless if you try to hide behind a flag and big buildings with columns We need to convert the slavespeak words, e.g., governmental "revenue," into truthful words, which exposes the sham Worshippers of government need to be challenged on their slavespeak http://anarchyinyourhead.com/2009/04/03/chains-we-can-believe-in/ Good question for others: What is it about freedom that you're so afraid of? Those in government and their supporters are essentially preventing realization of the American Dream Energy industry is a case study in governmental stifling of competition http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail3825.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microgeneration#Government_policy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_generation#See_also Reason, reality, and morality are on our side bumper music "Love Theme from The Godfather" by Nino Rota (performed by Andre Rieu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hQAO8QTnG8) http://www.amazon.com/Godfather-1972-Film-Nino-Rota/dp/B000002OG5

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