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Since the 90s we've had a cycle of the GOP running the same con over and over again. Initially some of the more sane Republicans would ...

Privateering and Smuggling Model Post Elements of Privateering ...

Some key Definitions, Piracy First, piracy is a term for theft and the thieves who commit those thefts. It is also used in other contexts,...

I am incredibly worried about #Trumpenfuhrer and his power. If we hope to fix our immigration mess, it has to start with recognizing that t...

The Tyranny of Mock Courts This is pure Tyranny and breaking International Law: [UNHCR Child Asylum] To me there is a process issue in th...

Trump is following an Old playbook. The Dictator's playbook is old. This list is inspired by an article in "Raw Story," bu...

We are Facing Standing Armies This post follows: http://holtesthoughts.blogspot.com/2018/03/select-militia-national-guard-and.html More a...

Trump the Pirate Once there was a pirate, Who danced on the deck of his ship While Sailing on his Hunts And giving the authorities the...

I wrote on the question of Taxation based on ability to Pay or Fee for Service in 2015. It laid out the role of Edwin R.A. Seligman (1861-1...

Nature's Tax Collectors As noted Henry George put considerable effort working out principles of taxation. He wrote an opus about tax r...

Incomplete Contracts And Large Scale Swindles I've been using the theme of piracy and privateering to describe our current economic sy...

Accounting Money, Piracy and Credit The theme of piracy and privateering describes our current economic system, both as a humorous metapho...

Who is Sovereign Over our Economy? We are being told that the government doesn't have enough money for the things people need and that ...

There are three kinds of property that determine society's prosperity. These are Land, Capital and labor. Land “The entire material ...

Governing Utilities well has requirements To Govern utilities well: Local Government must be involved in their management. Utilities nee...

Our Blindness towards Hoarding Today I listened to an "economist" on Bloomberg talk about the slow US economy and how "neit...

People in this country are really confused about how Government should function. Many think it should be run like a business. Indeed Governm...

Trump gave a policy speech last night. He sounded so incoherent I fell asleep. Before he gave it I figured he might try something old as ne...

Trump is going to give a policy speech tonight. If he promises to keep troops in Afghanistan and the Mideast he'll be doing what every ...

Before we had the Mafia there was the "Brotherhood of the Coast". The Brotherhood of the Coast might go back all the way to the Kn...