§Soc-dem-ISSUES

The Law, by Frederic Bastiat

#Legal Plunder          
When a reviewer wishes to give special recognition to a book, he predicts that it will still be read “a hundred years from now.” The Law, first published as a pamphlet in June, 1850, is already more than a hundred years old. And because its truths are eternal, it will still be read when another Read More
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Planned Parenthood’s Right to Bear Arms | Cato Institute

Last week, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., was attacked in Colorado Springs. Although many details about the perpetrator, who killed three people and wounded nine, are still unclear, Colorado Springs mayor John Suthers said that the attacker’s motive could be inferred from the location he chose. Violence against clinics raises an important legal Read More
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Mass Shootings and Gun Control | National Review Online

#Monopoly of force (defence)          
Passing more laws doesn’t keep terrorists from getting guns.On Sunday, Hillary Clinton slammed Republicans for not being serious about protecting Americans from terrorism. “How many more Americans need to die before we take action?” Clinton asked in response to Friday’s shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs. She believes that stopping such attacks Read More
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Hillary Clinton’s Spending Plans | National Review Online

Hillary’s plans are nowhere near Bernie’s — but they’re enough to wreck the economy.When Bernie Sanders proposed $18 trillion in increased federal spending over the next ten years, most observers chuckled and asked what else one could expect from the self-described socialist. But what then is one to make of Hillary Clinton? She hasn’t — Read More
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The Coming Great Recession, Brought To You By The Healthcare Cartel | Zero Hedge

Submitted by Charles Hugh-Smith of OfTwoMinds blog, So what happens when an insatiable state-mandated cartel attaches itself to households with declining real incomes? Why the coming Great Recession is brought to you by the Healthcare Cartel is painfully simple: in an era of stagnant household incomes, every additional dollar devoted to rising healthcare insurance, outrageously Read More
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Quel 64,8 % di tasse sulle imprese è il triste primato della miope Italia | Francesco Bruno – LeoniBlog

#Legal Plunder, #TAXATION          
“Più grande è la fetta presa dallo Stato, più piccola sarà la torta a disposizione di tutti”. Citando Margaret Thatcher, è evidente che allo Stato Italiano continui a star bene che la torta si sia ormai ridotta a poco più  di un bignè, come conferma l’ultimo rapporto Paying Taxes. Il Paying Taxes è un report Read More
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Zingaretti nomina un rom per gestire ottocento milioni

È indubbio che Buzzi & C. i soldi veri li abbiano fatti gestendo i servizi dedicati ai rom. Il presidente della Regione Lazio Nicola Zingaretti Ma è altrettanto vero che mettere gli stessi nomadi a fare da controllori negli organi della pubblica amministrazione è quantomai singolare.Eppure il matrimonio tra le cervellotiche norme europee e le Read More
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White “Privilege” Has Nothing on State Privilege | Mises Daily

Cultural Marxism enjoyed a victory last week when University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe resigned after members of the Missouri Tigers football team joined a student movement calling for his resignation. While I fully support the rights of these players to leverage their athletic ability to advocate a cause — as I would support their Read More
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The Wrong Policy at the Wrong Time – Reason.com

#TAXATION          
Widely used in Europe, the Value-Added Tax (VAT) has always seemed a non-starter in the United States. That may be changing given apparently insurmountable structural deficits and fear that the financial collapse of Greece could happen here if revenue isn’t increased. These days, the VAT is being taken seriously even by pro-market conservatives and libertarians. Read More
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No to the Value-Added Tax | Cato Institute

#Tasse Illegittime, #TAXATION          
Conservatives, libertarians, and other advocates of limited government have consistently argued that we should never allow Washington to have a broad-based consumption tax unless the 16th Amendment is first replaced by new language that makes it clear — even to John Roberts and Ruth Bader Ginsburg — that an income tax never again would be Read More
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German Law Would Give Police Power to Enter Homes to Check For “Refugee Suitability” | Infowars

A proposed law in Germany would give police the power to enter people’s homes without their permission in order to conduct a “suitability” check to see if the accommodation could be used to house asylum seekers. Journalist Gunnar Schupelius writes that he was so shocked by the idea he first thought it was “satire,” but Read More
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New Report Expects a Million Cancer Deaths from Fukushima Fallout | Infowars

In a new report published by Fairewinds Energy Education (FEE), “Cancer on the Rise in Post-Fukushima Japan,” we learn that that the ongoing multi-core nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi plant has produced approximately 230 times higher-than-normal thyroid cancers in Fukushima Prefecture, and could result in as many as one million more cancers due to Read More