Posts under ‘Politics’

IBM and General Motors can’t deny citizens their right to a trial by a jury of their peers, only government can and does that routinely. All the corporations in the Fortune 500 can’t kick in my door in the middle of the night based on some anonymous tip; government agents can.

Who passed Jim Crow laws? Government. Who passed anti-Chinese laws? Who turned their collective heads and refused to enforce the laws once racial discrimination became unlawful? Government. Who uses racial profiling to stop people for “driving while black?” Government. Who broke countless treaties with American Indians? Government. And who is even now ignoring numerous Constitutional restrictions? Government.

… with each pack of cigarettes sold, federal and state governments make more than two and one-half times as much profit as the tobacco companies themselves.

Ross Perot said it when he made his run for president in 1992: there isn’t “a nickel’s worth of difference” between the Republicans and Democrats. As I pointed some time ago, the two major parties are just two sides of the same authoritarian coin. There are differences though. Whether it amounts to “a nickels worth” depends on […]

Those advocating “reform” don’t really want to eliminate influence peddling. But they do want to … eliminate the other guy’s influence.

For those enamored of a one-dimensional political spectrum, may I suggest a line running from Authoritarian to Libertarian.