There will always be a party for giving more to the rulers, that the rulers may be able in return to give more to them.  Hence as all history informs us, there has been in every State & Kingdom, a constant kind of warfare between the governing & governed:  the one striving to obtain more for its support, and the other to pay less.  And this has alone...

PERSONAL FREEDOM AND POWER I: Acquiring and Possessing Property That all Men are born equally free and independent, and have certain inherent natural Rights,…; among which are the Enjoyment of Life and Liberty, with the Means of acquiring and possessing Property, and pursuing and obtaining Happiness and Safety. -Virginia Declaration of Rights – 1776 Indispensable...

Democracy and Power 108:  Obfuscation Wherever politics intrudes upon economic life, political success is readily attained by saying what people like to hear rather than what is demonstrably true. Instead of safeguarding truth and honesty, the state then tends to become a major source of insincerity and mendacity. – Hans F....

The Rule of Law:  A government with moral and legal authority promulgates written rules and universally, impartially and uniformly enforces the rules, which provides a predictable and stable legal order on which to base economic and personal decisions.  The law prevails, not the proclamation or arbitrary decision of a ruler, government bureaucrat, the enforcer...

Democracy and Power 105:  The Politician seeks power “… Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”  The Declaration of Independence Trampling – “the Consent of the Governed” Violating their statutory rules, the Senate has not produced a budget in three years.  Senator Kirk Conrad, Chairman of the...