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....

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...

Democracy and Power:  104 Future Debt Burden A government debt is a government claim against personal income and private property – an unpaid tax bill. – Hans F. Sennholz   To Stop the VAT – Cut Federal Spending The greatest threat to democracy and freedom in America is our enormous and growing debt.  Government debt has destroyed a multitude of powerful...

Democracy and Power 102:  Voters are rationally ignorant. Tragically, the vast majority of the voters are rationally ignorant of most government actions.  The public is ignorant of bills, legislation, regulations and taxes that will ultimately impact their lives.  The general public is working hard making a living, raising a family and improving their community....

Democracy and Power:  104 Future Debt Burden A government debt is a government claim against personal income and private property – an unpaid tax bill. – Hans F. Sennholz President Obama:  “…truer vision of what the USA is all about.” During the course of his presidency, Mr. Obama will increase the national debt over $5 trillion.  By the end of 2012, the...

Democracy and Power 101:  Government is power Government is power. When protesting the expansion of federal power, Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration and Protest of Virginia and stated that rupture from the Union would be a calamity.  However, “There is yet one greater, submission to a government of unlimited powers.”   The President and Congress...