PRIVATIZE IRS INSPECTORS AND REQUIRE (a) they have a law degree, and (b) they are CPA’s, and (c) that they are bonded and insured – just like lawyers and doctors.
This will mean that only very good people will conduct audits and investigations, and that their careers will depend on their neutrality.
Of course, just doing away with the entire institution would be better… 😉
Source date (UTC): 2013-05-15 09:05:00 UTC
http://lewrockwell.com/sowell/sowell131.html
Source date (UTC): 2013-05-14 04:22:00 UTC
http://potlatch.typepad.com/weblog/2013/04/brezhnev-capitalism.htmlREAD IT. READ SCHUMPETER. READ HOPPE.
We do know what to do next.
Propertarian reasoning tells us this: Civilizations collapse when a sufficient number of people urbanize that the systems of calculation and incentive are no longer capable of functioning as an information system for the purpose of managing scarce resources.
Davies’ post correctly identifies the financialization of our civilization under Keynesianism as the threat. Even if he does not know that THE PROBLEM OF SOLVING CALCULATION AND INCENTIVE ALONG WITH REDISTRIBUTION IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE.
Source date (UTC): 2013-05-11 09:51:00 UTC
http://cnsnews.com/blog/gregory-gwyn-williams-jr/poll-29-registered-voters-believe-armed-revolution-might-be-necessaryhttp://cnsnews.com/blog/gregory-gwyn-williams-jr/poll-29-registered-voters-believe-armed-revolution-might-be-necessary
Source date (UTC): 2013-05-08 15:57:00 UTC
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GUN_VIOLENCE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-05-07-19-27-18DRAMATIC REDUCTION IN GUN HOMICIDES SINCE 1993.
Why does the public think they’re increasing when we’ve seen such a rapid decline?
Source date (UTC): 2013-05-08 10:45:00 UTC
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/07/keyness-biggest-mistake/Nial Ferguson makes the “Hoppe Argument” and gets similar treatment.
Source date (UTC): 2013-05-07 04:35:00 UTC
http://www.psmag.com/culture/why-must-men-wear-pants-43384/KILTS ROCK. PANTS ARE PAINFULLY HOT. THE SAD LEGACY OF HORSEMANSHIP. 🙂
Yes. I have a kilt. Yes I got married in a kilt. Yes, I think men look great in kilts.
The… well, our ‘parts’ are not meant to be overheated. 🙂
Source date (UTC): 2013-05-01 04:04:00 UTC
http://www.psmag.com/health/hoarding-science-55196/LIVING WITH A WIFE WHO IS A HOARDER IS A CRUSHING BATTLE THAT YOU WILL EVENTUALLY LOSE
I lasted 17 years. But the eventual understanding that no matter how much money I made, it wouldn’t matter, and when she had a child, her nesting behavior, and the natural tiredness that comes from caring for young children amplified her hoarding behavior, and life became unbearable. I could not survive in that environment.
Her apartment, when I met her, was piled floor to ceiling with papers and magazines, and junk. What’s fascinating to me is that she actually knows the contents of every box, pile, and drawer. I mean, to some degree, I’m envious of that kind of recall. Until of course, you realize that without those real-world indexes, that the hoarder cannot recall anything. And that this is one of the things that causes their behavior.
We didn’t understand ‘hoarding’ as a compulsive behavior when we met. We just assumed it was harmless and silly. And I thought I could live with it, and control it. And I managed to contain it to ‘her’ one room – a studio. But when we had the baby, that studio became the baby’s room, and there were no boundaries.
Not that I’m a piece of cake either. I mean, can you imagine living with me? Women seem to love it. But I think it’s just because I’m an uncontrollable catnip toy that doesn’t ever become boring. It’s not because i’m easy. I’m not. When combined with my health problems it was more than I could bear.
I still love her to death and always will. And I miss her all the time. But living with that kind of thing is just unbearable. And its ruinous. And it’s incurable. And its tragic.
Source date (UTC): 2013-05-01 03:48:00 UTC
http://opontobase.com.br/kondratiev-a-irresistivel-forca-gravitacional-dos-ciclos-longos/I LOVE KONDRATIEV CYCLES:
A great post by Helio Beltrão (Use google translate if you need to. It will do a fair job.)
Source date (UTC): 2013-04-30 07:55:00 UTC
UKRAINE: ALL WOMEN ARE BEAUTIFUL
I mean, that’s what beauty means, right? Fertility? Whether it’s an undiscovered country, a bountiful table, a garden, an architectural model. Beauty is the presence of resources – of potential, and fertility is potential.
I just… can’t get over it. Almost every woman in this country is desirable. They aren’t weak. They aren’t victims. They aren’t masculine. They pretty much run everything except the military and heavy industry – which is saying more about who can manage certain demographic populations of males than anything else.
Femininity is beautiful. It’s an attitude. And body image isn’t a problem when the standard is femininity and grace, not genetic perfection.
I love this country. Even the crazy bullshit macho nonsense is beautiful.
Source date (UTC): 2013-04-28 09:49:00 UTC