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Why Tenthers are Projected as Extreme and What We can do about It

By on October 18, 2010 in Economics

If our Movement revels in its maverick persona, then, we will remain divisive.  In sports, divisive is fun.   In politics, divisive is fun, but if we are sincere in our desire to win over the population, then, we need to take the sport out of it.

There are certain pitches in our message which water down our cause.  In fact, we know this to be true because we admit our cause is all but lost.   We cannot convince enough people to respect our cause, and so we have concluded that nullification is the appropriate strategy.   Perhaps it is, but we should still continue to bring about a mainstream movement, rather than a marginalized, disobedient one.

Why are we marginalized?   It is fairly easy to see why.  Despite the many reasons to complain about the state of our nation, most of us would have to admit that life here is far more preferable than most any other nation in the world.   We are so lucky to be here, and we should not take our system entirely for granted.  Most moderates and independents would probably tend to agree with this. Continue Reading →

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Salt Restrictions are Just the Tip of the Iceberg

By on May 25, 2010 in Big Government

Browsing the news recently, I came across this article :

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,591285,00.html

Anyone who has been paying attention for the last few years had to expect that once the government is responsible for paying your health care costs, your lifestyle (in all respects that affect your health) becomes a public affair. That’s the rub. I tried to figure a personal behavior of mine or a decision I make that has no impact on my health (and thus the Public Treasury). I was unsuccessful.

Limitations on salt make absolute sense to me (assuming the government owns me, and I just rent my body for the period that I am alive). One paragraph from the article stands out: “U.S. researchers said in a recent study that working with the food industry to cut salt intake by nearly 10 percent could prevent hundreds of thousands of heart attacks and strokes over several decades and save the U.S. Government $32 billion in health care costs.“ How can me living a healthier (in these researchers’ opinion) lifestyle cause the U.S. Government to save health care expenses? It’s very simple, they are paying for my health care (under Obamacare). Indeed, without some sort of socialized medicine, no controls on your behavior can be justified fiscally.

Since we have established the fact that most civil liberties infractions (controls on your personal behavior that is harmful to no one but yourself) are justified to lower costs to the public, lets add that we have had a huge component of socialized medicine even before Obamacare. Examples of this include, but are not limited to: Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare part D, Guaranteed emergency room care, etc… Indeed, before Obamacare, fully 50% of medical care was at government expense. Without these programs, someones health would be there own business. Not one cent would come from my tax dollars to pay for cancer treatment for a smoker. No money would be spent out of the public coffers to pay for surgery for motorcyclers who were too stupid to wear their helmets.

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Don’t Hedge Against Government Inflation

By on May 25, 2010 in Big Government, Economics

You may watch or listen to Glenn Beck and know that Goldline International is a sponsor. Like every other gold seller, the company is trying to profit from the disastrous, inflationary policies of the US government. For those of us in the know – aren’t we all trying to do the same? A New York congressman, Democrat Anthony Weiner, is going after Glenn Beck and Goldline because …. because … well, read the quote from the story:

“But the facts are clear. Goldline rips off consumers and Glenn Beck helps.”

In the report (on Weiner’s House website as a PDF), Weiner charges that Goldline “grossly overcharges” for coins and makes false claims about gold being a good investment. Goldline touts gold as a more solid investment in this economic climate.

The report says the gold retailer has entered “an unholy alliance with conservative pundits” — among them Beck, Fred Thompson, Dennis Miller, Mark Levin and Laura Ingraham — to “promote Goldline by playing off the fear of inflation.”

I suppose that when a hurricane is coming, one can promote window shutters, sand bags, and bottled water (no “price gouging,” of course) because the looming disaster is an act of nature. But when the oncoming slaughter is an act of government and its central planners, the freedom to voluntarily promote and transact need not apply because such actions may interfere with the planned actions of our government propagandists and the potential profits of the corporate state elite.

cross-posted from the LewRockwell.com blog

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Hold the Fort: Don’t Surrender So Quickly

By on November 25, 2009 in Firearms Freedom Act, Sovereignty Movement

New Hampshire attorney E.F. Nappen writes that the Firearms Freedom Acts being introduced and enacted in various states are subject to ” The Achilles Heels of the Firearms Freedom Act.”

He argues that the inclusion of NFA (National Firearms Act) items (e.g., suppressors or short-barreled rifles) in the asserted exemption from federal authority will cause the Acts to fail in court because the NFA regulates under federal tax power, not federal commerce clause power.

Of course Nappen is correct to assert that getting the permission of federal judges in approval of the Acts will be a difficult exercise. The federal government (including its judicial branch) doesn’t surrender power readily. Continue Reading →

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