Tag Archives: Theft by government

What if DC stopped giving foreign aid?

Posted on 2021-10-29 by TPOL Nathan

We are told that last year, thanks to COVID, the most foreign aid ever in world history flowed from “rich nations” to “poor nations.” Something like $150 billion US according to some sources: others say it was as high as … Continue reading →

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Foreign aid – such benevolence!

Posted on 2021-10-28 by TPOL Nathan

As the cheerleaders race out to tout the grand and glorious COP26 to be held in Glasgow, as billions of grams of “greenhouse gases” are generated by all the elites swarming the Scot city, one of the frequent memes seems … Continue reading →

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The “stupid war” on some drugs continues

Posted on 2021-10-24 by TPOL Nathan

Reason has a pointed headline about our wonderful friendly neighborhood People’s Socialist Democratic Woke “Republic” of California. (Ain’t a “republic,” folks. Seriously!) CalDrug’s illustrious defenders of public morals, pure bodies, and tax revenues have so far this year seized 1.2 … Continue reading →

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Commentary on the news – a quick look at a collapsing civilization

Posted on 2021-07-10 by TPOL Nathan

In this Year of our Lord 2021, a year in which godliness continues to be at a premium, the news is filled with reports of chaos, depravity, and a general breakdown of society – all strong indications of a soon-to-come … Continue reading →

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The incredible ability of government to lose money

Posted on 2021-06-24 by TPOL Nathan

Ronald Reagan once said, “If it moves, tax it, if it keeps moving, regulate it, and if it stops moving, subsidize it!” I thought of that quote last week when I read that California is offering a cool $100 million to rescue its struggling legal marijuana industry, in … Continue reading →

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Cities and their suicide: the example of New York

Posted on 2021-04-03 by TPOL Nathan

It is sometimes said that cities do not die natural deaths.  Rather, they commit suicide.  They fail to maintain essential infrastructure, like letting their harbors and channels silt up. Or accept things like lead and sewage in their water supply, … Continue reading →

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Danegeld – still a way to loot people

Posted on 2021-01-16 by TPOL Nathan

The Babylon Bee recently satirized Congress about their anger about “criminals” and “looters” invading the Capitol, because, after all, the only criminals and looters allowed in the Capitol were members of Congress. Well, Congress is far from the only organized … Continue reading →

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The South African “solution” – coming to America?

Posted on 2021-01-08 by TPOL Nathan

What can government do to help people? According to most, government can do anything and everything. It seems that many believe that the most important thing government can and should do to help people is to make every possible decision … Continue reading →

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Is it catching? (Insanity)

Posted on 2020-11-13 by TPOL Nathan

Madness and insanity is not just an American problem – and not just an epidemic among the political class and worthless “students.” The insanity of modern society – rather, too many people and institutions IN society – is truly frightening. … Continue reading →

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The new panhandlers (reprise)

Posted on 2020-10-05 by TPOL Nathan

Americans, even in smaller urban areas, have gotten used to them, there on a street corner, near a shopping mall parking area, at the top of a freeway entry ramp. Panhandlers! The old, scruffy bearded guy in a well-worn and … Continue reading →

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