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TaxPayers’ Alliance – Wikipedia

#Legal Plunder, +Tax Free Mevements          
The TaxPayers’ Alliance is a British pressure group and think tank formed in 2004 to campaign for a low tax society. The group had about 18,000 registered supporters as of 2008, and claimed to have 55,000 by September 2010. The mission of the TPA is “to reverse the perception that big government is necessary and Read More
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Gun Control: Fashionable Prohibition for Modern Lawmakers | Mises Daily

!Censorship /Prohibitionism, #Monopoly of force (defence)          
With the latest school shooting, all humane people are expected to jump up and do something to stop the next shooting. The most popular response among media pundits and national policymakers right now is an expansion of the various prohibitions now in place against guns. For anyone familiar with the history of prohibitions on inanimate Read More
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Ranking the Peasants – China Introduces Orwellian “Citizen Scores” | Liberty Blitzkrieg

@Cina, #Abuse of power, #Orwellian world (Mass control)           dossier:
The following is extraordinarily creepy and disturbing. It’s also extremely clever, from a jackbooted, fascist thug perspective. When massive censorship itself isn’t enough… TechDirt reports: China’s plan to control the hearts, minds and internet connections of its citizens continues unimpeded. That’s the great thing about authoritarian regimes: rollout of mandatory programs is usually only a problem Read More
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No More “Free Trade” Treaties: It’s Time for Genuine Free Trade | Mises Daily

!Centralism, !Planned economy          
It is erroneous to believe that free traders have been historically in favor of free trade agreements between governments. Paradoxically, the opposite is true. Curiously, many laissez-faire advocates fall into the government-made trap by supporting “free-trade” treaties. However, as Vilfredo Pareto stated in the article “Traités de commerce of the Nouveau Dictionnaire d’Economie Politique” (1901): Read More
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The Future Is Decentralized | Mises Institute

#Monopoly of force (defence), +LOCAL Direct Government (Decentralization)           dossier:
LibBLog note: The decentralisation of the organisation of the present Democracy is the goal of the Iniziativa Riforma dal Basso (Bottom Up Reform Initiative): a set of tools (web-based) that serve the citizens begin to handle, “in parallel” with the institutions, government and administration of the territory. – – – – The issue is that Read More
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Pubblico Spreco, inchiesta di Sky TG24

@Italia, #Wasteful Spending          
  Pur essendo tra gli stati europei con la più alta pressione fiscale, l’Italia non sempre utilizza nel modo migliore  i fondi raccolti tra i cittadini. Sky TG24 HD punta i riflettori su questo preoccupante fenomeno, rintracciabile sia nel bilancio statale che in quelli regionali e locali, attraverso l’inchiesta “Pubblico Spreco”, in onda mercoledì 10 Read More

Stealing from the Poor to Give to the Rich: An Anti-Robin Hood Story | LearnLiberty

#Inequality/Redistribution argument, #Legal Plunder, #Market murder, #Poverty trap          
“Stealing from the Poor to Give to the Rich: An Anti-Robin Hood Story” by @LearnLiberty ► Get Learn Liberty updates in your inbox! http://LearnLiberty.org/subscribe Have you ever thought much about property rights? Many believe ownership protections primarily favor the wealthy, but it turns out that the wealthy and politically connected actually benefit more when ownership Read More
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Free-Market Environmentalism — Walter Block – YouTube

!Environmental Catastrophe, #Crony Capitalism', #Legal Crimes, #Unsustainability of Socialdemocracy          
Walter Block speaks about Free-Market Environmentalism at the Australian Mises Seminar 2012. For more information see: http://www.mises.org.au/seminar-2012 Lecture: 3:30 – Pollution 10:30 – Species Extinction 15:07 – Paper or Plastic? 19:57 – The Over-population “problem” 27:50 – Trees and clear-cutting Q&A Session: 30:22 – ‘Water? Who does it belong to?…’ 37:00 – ‘Imagine 1840, no Read More
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VW facing ‘tsunami’ of legal trouble in emissions scandal – Washington Times

!Environmental Catastrophe, #Crony Capitalism', #Market Monopoly, #Market murder, #Scam: Market, #Unsustainability of Socialdemocracy          
WASHINGTON (AP) – Who knew about the deception, when did they know it and who directed it? Those are among questions that state and federal investigators want answered as they plunge into the emissions scandal at Volkswagen that has cost the chief executive his job, caused stock prices to plummet and could result in billions Read More
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La Volkswagen fuori controllo. Come questo sistema (che dà troppo potere alle lobby) – il Blog di Marcello Foa

!::SOCIALISM INTRINSIC FAILURE, !Environmental Catastrophe, #Crony Capitalism', #Market Monopoly, #Scam: Market           dossier:
Mercoledì scorso sono stato intervistato dal blog di Beppe Grillo sulla vicenda Volkswagen e il video è stato postato ieri. La mia analisi verte su tre pilastri: 1) la Volkswagen paga il prezzo dell’arroganza che contagia chiunque si sente troppo potente. 2) E’ assurdo che il controllato possa controllare se stesso, perché in fondo questo Read More