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...

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...