Kit Knightly IMF Chief Kristalina Georgieva has called for every government to implement some form of carbon taxes or “carbon pricing” in the near future. Yes, we’re into week two of the UN’s COP28 climate change summit, and the hits just keep on coming. For example, yesterday it was announced sixty-three world governments have pledged …
If you want to read this text in spanish click here Many readers probably remember the fateful year 2021, in which, among other abuses, the Davos elites announced their intention to create a global minimum tax for a “fair economic recovery” after the economic disaster generated by the pandemic. This initiative, which seemed to have stalled, has […]
John Whitehead How do you trust a government that continuously sidesteps the Constitution and undermines our rights? You can’t. When you consider all the ways “we the people” are being bullied, beaten, bamboozled, targeted, tracked, repressed, robbed, impoverished, imprisoned and killed by the government, one can only conclude that you shouldn’t trust the government with …
The future of the UK economy, and indeed most western economies, is looking rather bleak at the moment. Fundamentally, British Government has three major problems economically: High Debt, both sovereign and personal High Inflation High Taxation It is basically a doom loop of which there is only one way out, that is slashing the size […]
Kit Knightly A new paper published by Oxford University’s Center for Business Taxation discusses – and in the end supports – the idea of a special tax levied on those who decline to be “vaccinated” against “Covid19”. The paper’s authors argue that a vaccine-related tax would be “justified” because “Taxes on behaviour that is considered …
Google notified that my article from 20 years ago was recently reposted so I will run it up the flagpole here as well. That piece was partially spun off from my 1999 book, Freedom in Chains (St. Martin’s Press. Here is a paragraph from that book that did not make it into the article below:
Face of Class War in Contemporary India It is time again to state one thing absolutely clearly. ‘Class struggle’ or ‘class warfare’ were not invented by Karl Marx, for he and his predecessors merely identified and named the beast. It is something that the rich and the powerful always did and continue to do … Continue reading The Ferocious Face of Class War – Rekindling the Revolutionary Imagination →
Back to our example, having repaid his debt, the bank takes a $10 fee – its profit – and the other $40 is credited to the customer’s regular account.
The big question is, if the banks can practise this sleight-of-hand for profit, why can’t our governments do so for the public good? The short answer is there are too many people on the take. Think Deep State, Dan, then you will understand.
Former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino (pictured) hosts one of the largest conservative shows on YouTube and other media.
His analyses of politics are often spot on, as are his pithy sayings. Two of his favourites are:
all debts are paid
and
there is no power in yes.
The first is actually quite a profound statement, and if you don’t understand the second, think of how many times you’ve been told “No!” by bureaucrats and other jobsworths, then you will understand.
If you think taxes should be higher, go ahead, pay more. If it's ethical to support raising taxes, why not lead by example?
