Recent content by Len Larson

The other recommendations are good, so I'll broaden the range a bit and suggest Peter Schiff's "How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes."

Rothbard: The fallacy of the Public Sector

How many times can this zombie come back to life? :rolleyes: Oh I know! Let's combine LVT and Pragmatarianism. ;) We'll divide up the country into tax districts, each to fund a different govt. agency. :cool: Just think about all those people crowding in to buy the EPA properties. Imagine how...

If an argument is made that a weapon should not be in the hands of the individual, then how do they justify allowing that weapon in the hands of the govt?

No, Liberty is the root from which emerges social order and civilization. Govt. comes later usurping the institutions established by free individuals. Examples would include the Law, Money and Defense, each an institution established by free individuals before Govt. became involved. You've...

I read a great article this morning over at Mises: http://mises.org/daily/6264/Liberty-vs-War-A-Brief-History This helped me to focus my objection to your philosophy to a single point, namely, that believers in Pragmatarianism must hold that Liberty is the result of actions by the govt. If...

Who creates this public sector market? Individuals associating freely or some authority? Is it really a market if it does not emerge from the actions of individuals? Please demonstrate how the Regression Theorem would operate in your public sector market. Is it really a market if there is no...

Thanks for taking the time to educate me and others here. Perhaps you could comment on this passage found at Mises: http://mises.org/rothbard/myth.pdf

Of course, what Kirk was really talking about were those "individualists" who refused to compromise their principles for he and Buckley's hysterical anti-communism. This is equivalent to the usage of "Fascist" by the left.

Responding in reverse order: Red vs Blue is cited to evoke the phony competition between the political parties. Stated differently, you want to stir up Ford vs. Chevy sentiment while prohibiting Toyota imports. Your tax choice merely sets up a fake market to entertain taxpayers and keep real...

RE: Tax Choice; The market is not merely consumers (taxpayers) making choices. Producers are also free to make choices. Does this system allow govt. agencies the option to redirect their efforts to some other more profitable end? What if an individual chooses to offer the same product or...

Now that we've established the royal predilections of the LVTrolls, this would be a good time to re-examine the feudal characteristics of LVT. "Society" or the "Community" takes the role of God. LVTrolls please provide an unambiguous definition of "Community" that is NOT simply reducible to...

What a perfect mission statement for LVT govt. :rolleyes:

Finally, the other shoe dropped. Thanks for quoting that Steven. I would have missed that as EcoWarrier[sick ;) ] is on my ignore list. So, are there any LVTrolls that don't consider themselves to be royalty? Typical collectivist, everyone is equal, but they are just a little more equal...

I'm still stacking, so I hope there is a "correction" when the ECB announces an aggressive printing policy at their Sept. 6 meeting.