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LIBERTY:

1912 book predicted the world was moving toward the reestablishment of slavery. Of course at that time communism, a policy of enslaving entire nations, was on the rise, so you can see why this makes sense. But we need to recognize, despite the collapse of communist countries, western civilization is still on that same path today, and we're very close to being there.

"The Servile State is not the market economy. It is also not simply socialism. Instead, it is a creation of the State to benefit a class, which is considered free, and for which class the system is perpetuated by force of law. Essentially, it is a State marked by artificial, government-created monopolies. Hayek provides the rise of Nazism as an example of what Belloc warns against. The direction that the United States is heading may well provide another case.

The first area that comes to mind is the healthcare debate. Certain drafts of the bill contain a provision mandating healthcare coverage of a level acceptable to the government. If a person does not purchase such coverage, he is threatened with a fine and possibly jail time for refusal to comply.[5] Here we have positive law compelling a person to work (to pay for his coverage) for the benefit of others; in this case, the benefit is being sold as a way to eliminate free riders and ensure fairness."

Not only that, leftists claim health care is a right. Inherent in that claim is that doctors can be forced to provide health care against their will. That's a form of slavery. It's hard for us to remember that slavery has been the norm for human society for 10s of thousands of years and was only abolished in the last 150. It's hard for us to imagine that we could go backward. But socialism, fascism, communism, the welfare state, and every other government dominated social structure are steps backward toward slavery.

How freedom, i.e. capitalism, lifted the masses out of poverty and government has dragged many back.

ECONOMY:

Unemployment rebounded from 10.2 percent to 10 percent in November. Do you think temp hiring for Christmas season had any impact? Of course not. All credit belongs to Obama and Democrats who are using this as an excuse to buy more votes and do more damage to the economy. Let's have a party.

GUN CONTROL:

How the 14th amendment and the Slaughterhouse precedent impact upcoming McDonald case challenging Chicago's handgun ban.

EDUCATION:

Cato reports that Vermont could save $80 million per year by voucherizing it's education system. What this report fails to take into account is that vouchers are just another form of welfare. Cato should understand that all government money is poisoned. Vouchers are no magic bullet. They work well now because the amount of money spent on this is so little that the amount of poison attached to them is small. If government starts pouring big-time money into vouchers, they will become as poisonous as any other big-time welfare program like government schools.

HEALTH CARE:

Tax increases in the senate health care oppression bill.

UK cancer death rate is 38 percent higher than in the US.

GLOBAL WARMING:

The global cooling alarmism is ramping up. According to this article, catastrophic global cooling happened once in the last 12,000 years, so everybody better panic. Between the Marxists and the dying mainstream media, these self-aggrandizing frauds will say anything. At least global cooling is a real problem that we must adapt to, unlike global warming, which would have made the world a richer, more prosperous place. But look for the same true believers to follow the same proven frauds like Al Gore down this next boondoggle. I wouldn't be surprised to see Gore put out a new propaganda flick about global cooling in the next few years and have it win another oscar and nobody in power note the contradiction.

WAR:

The US commits 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. 25 other NATO members combined commit 7,000 more. NATO is a joke, and a the joke's on us. This welfare program is making the world less safe and making us more poor.

POLITICS:

Republicans introduce the "Geithner Penalty Waiver Act" to insure that all tax cheats get the same privileged treatment as Lord Geithner. I love it.

MEDIA:

The Tigers Woods non-story illustrates one of several reasons why the mainstream media is dying.