Any time you read that your government is erecting tariff barriers, supporting threatened industries with subsidies, or interfering in any way with free trade between individuals or nations, you must realize that your standard of living is being lowered as a result.
John PugsleyAll of political history history can be summed up as a struggle to throw the bad guys out and put the good guys in.
John PugsleyPugsley's First Law of Government: All government programs accomplish the opposite of what they are designed to achieve.
John PugsleyOnly in situations where competition is illegal will competition not act naturally to bring the best product at the lowest price to the consumer.
John PugsleyIn Sherman's famous march through Georgia, his soldiers left a swath of death and destruction, destroying crops, burning homes and killing civilians. Sherman himself acknowledged that only 20% of the destruction inflicted by his invasion was inflicted on military objectives. Civilian non-combatants, essentially innocents, suffered 80% of the losses.
John Pugsley