Gov. Rick Scott steals from the poor to give to the rich
Saturday, September 3, 2011
I knew something stank and it was not just the dead rat my cat delivers to me on a daily basis. What a buffoon. Here is a politician who pretends to champion a hard line against drug abuse and targets the poorest of the poor so that he can appear to prevent wasting taxes. What happens? His program wastes more money in a hypocritical display of trying to save money. When I first read about this twisted nonsense today, from every angle, it seemed too absurd even for the anti-welfare crowd. [CAVEAT: I do not believe in welfare mainly because I do not believe in taxation. That is a different story altogether. There is no point me using this opportunity to preach charity.] For an anti-welfare guy myself, I must say that I felt a little sick to my stomach learning that these poor people had to fork out the $30 themselves. I had just come back from grocery shopping and I had spent $60 for the .. .. read more..
Roubini spreading gold nonsense
Monday, August 29, 2011
Good grief. I used to find Nouriel Roubini to be interesting several years ago but then he went wacko. His latest hysterical attack against the use of gold as currency is absurd . When I pay somebody with legal tender that is any higher than a $20 bill, the first thing they usually do is take a closer look at it to see if it is fake. The hold it up to the Sun. They scan it with blue light. The rub it between their fingers. Somebody even smelled it once. I found out the other day that photocopied $5 bills are becoming very common in tip jars at establishments that usually have dim lighting. That is a pity. Anyway, That is our legal tender for you. Counterfeit bills appearing in circulation is not the problem with fiat money. The real problem is the central bank increasing the money supply with nothing to back it. If you pay me with a gold coin, I can test it to see if it is debased too. .. .. read more..
A $1.6B Middle Finger
Saturday, August 27, 2011
We get it, B.C. You\'re ticked off at the Liberals and you want to punish them. The fact that you\'re throwing common sense, rationality and self-interest out the window is beside the point. You want to stick it to deceitful politicians. I get that. But I don\'t get stabbing your fiscal stability in the neck. If you do a quick search of The Politic (the search box is down at the bottom of the right hand column), you\'ll see that I have a beef with the idea of a harmonized sales tax. I don\'t like the fact that it conceals the source of each part of the tax (though this could be alleviated by having retailers display the taxes separately while keeping all the other wonderful aspects of the HST), but c\'mon man, that\'s no reason to throw a tantrum when Gordon Campbell dupes you (and I know about tantrums, though my three-year-old is more reasonable when I tell she can\'t have a chocolate cookie).. .. read more..
South African whites want to be compensated by blacks!?!
Thursday, August 25, 2011
When I first read of Desmond Tutu\'s appeal to tax white people to compensate the blacks, I was comfortable letting my anti-taxation sentiment rest. I thought: “ Right on. Call it a tax but it really is just a reclaiming of stolen property. ” [See my post on Free Trade to understand the truth about forced commerce on native inhabitants.] Now, I read this madness : Soweto alone had more cars, taxis, schools, churches and sport facilities than most independent countries in Africa. The Blacks of South Africa had more private vehicles than the entire white population of the USSR at the time. Today Soweto has modern shopping malls like, Dobsonville Shopping Centre. In 2005 the Protea Gardens Mall opened. This was followed by the Baramall Shopping Centre and the Jabulani Shopping complex and the Maponya Mall. Experts say that Soweto has as much as 25% oversupply of retail space. &#.. .. read more..
A State Funeral for Jack Layton
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
When the idea of holding a state funeral for Jack Layton was first proposed (or, at least, when I first heard about it), I didn\'t have particularly strong feelings, one way or the other. I still don\'t have strong feelings about it, but, all in all, I think this was the right move. Right now, his impact on the nation cannot be questioned. There is wide-spread mourning, and it seems many Canadians felt a sort of connection to the man. A state funeral is quite appropriate. .. read more..
Goodbye, Jack
Monday, August 22, 2011
Jack Layton has lost his battle with cancer . As a nation, we are less for the loss. My prayers are with his family, large and small. .. read more..
Neutralize anti-Islamic dress laws by paying fines
Monday, August 22, 2011
This is too beautiful: “J’en appelle aujourd’hui à une désobéissance civile”, déclare-t-il à France 24. “Je voudrais dire aux femmes de ne pas avoir peur de sortir voilée intégralement. En payant leurs contraventions, je neutralise la loi. Je veux montrer qu’elle ne fonctionne pas, que c’est un échec pour les acteurs politiques qui l’ont promulguée.” — Rachid Nekkaz , 38 years old, real-estate businessman in Paris. .. read more..