Pay Up. Or Else.

On the nature of government, few in history have really hit the nail on the head better than the late, great Austrian, Ludwig von Mises: The government says to the citizen, Pay taxes or my armed constables will imprison you. A state or a government is an apparatus of...

Question of the Day: Legitimacy and Obedience

Ok, so it’s actually two questions, but they go hand in hand.  From Paul Hein at Strike the Root: 1.  If governmental action is NOT in accord with the Constitution, is the government legitimate? 2. If a government is not legitimate, can it command your...