I have no idea where your "Alaska" example comes from. I don't need to move to Alaska. I can live free from Government right here. And, I don't advocate for an Anarchy - but LIMITED government. The USA didn't have a general welfare tax until this century, it didn't have a federal reserve destroying our economy - literally poisoning it from the inside out. Americans didn't use regulations to regulate everything from taxis to toilet paper. This notion that the FDA inspects food is idiotic. Most food is never seen by the FDA, and when it is they call ahead to let the company know they're coming in for an inspection. Most people prepare good food because they WANT repeat business.
So you are not the Libertarian you claim to be. You like those government services you like to complain about. You like the safety of your food, roadways, workplace, etc. which is provided to you courtesy of that government you hate so much. You like using that “fiat” currency which is printed by the Federal Reserve and stored in your local bank. You like that security provided by our military and local police forces so you can sleep and walk around safely. You are all hat and no cowboy Michael.
Like it or not, the US Department of Agriculture does inspect your food. It has resident inspectors at meat processing facilities inspecting our food. The Food and Drug Administration sets food safety requirements for the intestate transportation of foods and drugs. The unpleasant fact for you is that the government provides a number of services to protect our food and keep it safe from bacterial and chemical hazards.
Americans didn’t just suddenly decide to regulate industry for the hell of it. They did it because what predated regulation, your Libertarian dream world, didn’t work. The fact that you ignore reality in order to justify your ideology speaks volumes.
And the US did have a general welfare tax, before this century. Social Security began back in 1935. That is the last century, not this century. If you don’t like our economy, don’t like the Federal Reserve, don’t like the services we receive from our government; then go to the wilds of Alaska where you can live out your Libertarian fantasies devoid of government intrusions.
I'm not the one that needs to move to Alaska - but you can. Why don't you move there? You can live there being all nice and safe with the Government regulating everything you do, spying on everything you do and selling bonds on your children.
Yes I can move to Alaska and one day I might. But I will not be moving there to avoid the Federal Reserve and using our currencies (i.e. Federal Reserve Notes). I like the services I receive from government. I like public roads. I like the fact that all of our children are guaranteed a basic level of education by our government. I like the surety given to me by food safety standards and government inspections of our food supplies. And I am not paranoid about the government spying on me. And I don’t need demagoguery to make sense of my ideology.
If you were serious about your ideology you would go to a place like the outback of Alaska where you could live out your Libertarian ideology free from government services and expenses and interference.
Oh, and the Fed has a stated goal of 2% inflation - and like a religion you just accept a loss of 75% across 70 years as an acceptable 'important role in our economy'. Go on Joe, explain why we need to destroy 2% of our purchasing power every year. Explain how that helps the poor that barely have any money and need to make each dime count to feed their family. This should be good. Explain how inflation helps the poor Joe.
This has been explained to you umpteen times before. But unfortunately, like a good fanatic, you don’t let little things like facts or reason get in the way of your ideology. With inflation, people have more money, prices go up, but incomes also go up. You are fond of screaming about the increase in prices but you ignore the fact incomes also go up. Unfortunately for you there is nothing wrong with a low level of inflation. It is a hedge against recession.
Take a look around princess - the rich are richer than ever, the State is spying on us, lying about wars and taxing the middle class hourly worker, not the rich banker. Life in the USA is by definition LESS prosperous. Anyone with an ounce of reality can see the Federal Reserve is taking on all the bad loans from the banks and sticking the American public with the bill.
All the people with blinders on and relentlessly chant ideological mantra can believe that, but that doesn’t make it true. The Federal Reserve is operating at a profit. Last year it returned almost 100 billion dollars in profit to the US Treasury. With every year that passes the Federal Reserve is becoming more profitable and sending billions more to the US Treasury.
Yeah the rich are richer, but not because of any special treatment by the Federal Reserve, but because of actions taken by Congress (i.e. fiscal policy). The Federal Reserve has nothing to do with fiscal policies. Congress increased taxes on the middle classes while simultaneously lowering taxes on the wealthiest among us. Congress restricted markets (e.g. pharmaceuticals) forcing the middle class into buying prescription drugs from one or two suppliers. Congress gave businesses tax credits for exporting American jobs…all at the behest of the people who fund your political ideology. Getting rid of government and turning all remaining power over the few, the wealthiest, and eliminating all government protections for the 98% of us (i.e. regulation) as you advocate does nothing for the American middle classes. In essence you and your ideology advocate going back to the time of the mega industrialists and robber barons, back to the days of sweat shops, rivers that spontaneously erupt into flames, rampant pollution, and unsafe food, products and workplaces. And most people can figure that out. That is why your ideology has and will remain a fringe ideology. It just doesn’t make sense. It lives in a fact and reason free world.
