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The Work-Vs-Welfare Trade-Off | Cato Institute

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As the United Kingdom looks to reform its policies for dealing with the poor and unemployed, it should take notice of one basic fact: There is no evidence to suggest that poor people are lazy, but they are also not stupid. If you pay someone more not to work than they can earn by working, Read More
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The Menace of Egalitarianism | Mises Daily

This talk was delivered at the Dallas-Ft. Worth Mises Circle, “Against PC,” on October 3, 2015. A sharp Martian visiting Earth would make two observations about the United States — one true, the other only superficially so. On the basis of its ceaseless exercises in self-congratulation, the US appears to him to be a place Read More
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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

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

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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“Comunismo democratico? Una bugia da intellettuali”

Lo storico Stéphane Coutois: “La propaganda di Stalin conquistò l’Europa. E la vostra Costituzione ne risente”. E sull’Italia: “Non vietate tutti i totalitarismi, solo il fascismo” Lo storico Stéphane Coutois: “La propaganda di Stalin conquistò l’Europa”. E la vostra Costituzione ne risente. E sull’Italia:” Non vietate tutti i totalitarismi, solo il fascismo” Mar, 15/12/2009    Read More
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Marino si vendica del Pd: “Farò i nomi, tiro giù tutti” – IlGiornale.it

“Pur di cacciarmi mi avrebbero messo la cocaina in tasca”. E ora vuole scrivere un libro per svelare gli altarini del Pd Dopo le dimissioni Marino prepara la vendetta: “Ora farò tutti i nomi. Dirò chi del Pd mi ha proposto Coratti e Odevaine“. E medita la possibilità di ricandidarsi con una propria lista “Ci 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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Normalizing U.S. Relations with Cuba Leads to Escalation in Repression of Cuban Dissidents | Cato Institute

!Totalitarism          
On Dec. 10, 2014, the Cuban government marked the 64th anniversary of international Human Rights Day with sweeping nationwide arrests of pro-democracy dissidents. One week later, on Dec. 17, President Obama announced that the United States and Cuba had agreed to begin the process of normalizing relations. The agreement, reached after 18 months of negotiations, Read More
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Ecco la prova che l’America NON sta distruggendo l’Isis – il Blog di Marcello Foa

!Conflitto tra Civilità°          
Navigando su internet ho trovato un documento molto interessante, anche perché la fonte è insospettabile: il Council on Foreign Relations, ovvero il think tank di altissimo livello che forma le élites sia del partito democratico che di quello repubblicano destinate a governare il Paese. Molti lo considerano, non a torto, il vero pensatoio della politica estera Read More