Tag Archives: taxes

The tyranny of licenses, permits, and permission slips – and trusting without verifying the truth

Posted on December 2, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

Have you, dear reader, seen this or something similar to it? Yes, these are real cases. You can find the details online, just as we at TPOL did. But …

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A reminder: what we owe government

Posted on February 20, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

As we near the end of the year AD 2024 (but continue to live in AL 248), let us look again at what huge amount of freedom we have in these Fifty States – provided that we beg one or … Continue reading →

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American colony gets some basic human rights back?

Posted on February 11, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

Yes, the FedGov has colonies – other than the Fifty States they try to make little more than colonies or administrative regions or districts (a la France). They are generally in three types: a. De facto colonies where the FedGov … Continue reading →

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Your 1.27 billion dollar memorial for Jimmy Carter

Posted on January 9, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

Today, 9 January 2025, is the National Day of Mourning for former President Jimmy Carter. So of course, “citing tradition,” all “non-essential” Federal employees are given the day off. There are (per Google search) over 3 million of them: roughly … Continue reading →

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Who is to blame?

Posted on September 12, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

This meme was posted recently: Nonsense. No, it is because government is spending us all into poverty: borrowing money ad infinitum, and pumping more and more Federal Reserve Notes (paper and electrons) into the economy while the supply of goods … Continue reading →

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Posted on June 21, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

Courtesy of Conner Boyack: Connor shared this a couple of months back, and one unthinking response had this: “Nobody wants a society like this, Connor, that’s why Libertarians don’t get votes.” Connor had not attached this directly to libertarianism, or … Continue reading →

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Blast from the past: taxes (theft)

Posted on March 3, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

As we see more and more inflation, taxes, economic failures, and – of course – government intervention, this chart and cartoons from the past is worth studying once again. Although it addresses the State of Utah specifically, it is not … Continue reading →

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Theft by government – a reminder to us all

Posted on May 18, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

This marquee appeared down in Texas, I understand, put up by a brave businessman or woman. We here at TPOL have no idea whether the gal or guy is a true lover of liberty and believer in free markets, or … Continue reading →

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Economic turmoil? Is there a “liberty” solution?

Posted on May 3, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

In the last five weeks we have four of the nation’s (and world’s) largest banks collapse. It doesn’t matter what terms the governments and the financial communities use – they collapsed. Every year – every month – there are bank … Continue reading →

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Theft explodes across the planet

Posted on September 13, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

Now, we here at TPOL understand that there is nothing new about theft – even government thieving on a massive scale. It’s been around as long as there were things to steal, and people with no moral compass. And we … Continue reading →

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