Tag Archives: corruption

Corruption, democracy, and courts

Posted on May 20, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

Readers know that we here at The Price of Liberty have little truck with those who believe that democracy is the only acceptable form of government. Shucks, we don’t believe in human mandatory government. Similarly we have serious problems with … Continue reading →

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Open season on political corruption? Or corrupt politicos?

Posted on March 19, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

Looking at headlines in the last several weeks, there seem to be multiple situations in which action may finally be underway to address political corruption. Even to tackle various politicians who are generally assumed (or loudly claimed) to be corrupt. … Continue reading →

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Paying the piper: the failure of local government in the Fifty States.

Posted on January 9, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

Local government in these States is, at best, a failure.  2022 demonstrated that once more. Indeed, it is far, far worse than the vicious horror that was State and Federal government in 2021 (and again in 2022). And those levels … Continue reading →

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Smoking guns – and preserving the status quo

Posted on December 8, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

The partial release of Twitter internal correspondence burying the story of Hunter Biden’s laptop in the days before the 2020 presidential election is viewed by many as a smoking gun. Although Musk and Taibbi have only released some of the … Continue reading →

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Is election reform possible?

Posted on December 3, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

There have been more and more claims, particularly over the last election cycles (2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, and now 2022), of massive fraud and corruption. Both old parties claimed that happened several times before 2016, but that year it … Continue reading →

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Corruption unlimited – DOJ and FBI

Posted on October 10, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

Back in the 1980s, it took decades for the evils of J. Edgar Hoover to be revealed. And oddly enough (from the point of view of so-called conservatives and right-leaning libertarians (minarchists, at least), one of the least corrupt of … Continue reading →

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Moving to the sounds of the guns…

Posted on July 20, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

I am told that the statistics here in the States are pretty clear. When police forces end shooting and killing sprees, the average toll of dead is 14.3 people. When a private, armed citizen is the one who stops the … Continue reading →

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What do our holidays mean to us?

Posted on June 1, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

On Monday the 30th, Americans observed Memorial Day. Later this new month of June, Americans will “observe” the newest federal holiday, “Juneteenth.” Next month, July, most Americans will “celebrate” the Fourth of July – and some will observe Independence Day … Continue reading →

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Corrupt government: bribery in America

Posted on December 6, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

For decades, the FedGov – Congress – has instigated one of the most corrupt practices of American government in general.  That is the constant and wholesale bribery of state and local governments through federal funding tied to “voluntary standard” – … Continue reading →

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Politicians’ disease

Posted on October 16, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

Politics is dirty. At the same time, to many people, politics seems as essential to human life as taking a poop. Which is pretty dirty, after all. Or having sex, which all things considered (and however big a deal people … Continue reading →

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