Yesterday marks the day that signature gathering may start for the petition to enact independence of California from the United States of America.
You may find more information here.
An architect's life. I grew up in Huntington Beach, California, United States of America. I've traveled to Mexico, Honduras, Grand Cayman, Bahamas, St. Thomas USVI, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, England, Wales, Germany, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Israel, Austria, Switzerland, Kenya, Ecuador, Italy, and Scotland.
Showing posts with label liberty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label liberty. Show all posts
Saturday, January 28, 2017
Saturday, December 3, 2016
Online Education
Want to learn about all kinds of subjects from experts in their respective fields? Check out Liberty Classroom.
I started with their economics course and am moving on to their logic course next.
I started with their economics course and am moving on to their logic course next.
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
What do you think?
From the Advocates for Self Government News letter (April 24, 2013):
Leonard E. Read is one of the true Founding Fathers of the modern libertarian movement. A wonderful and prolific writer, Read was the Founding President of America’s first libertarian think tank, the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE).
In an article published way back in May 1955, Read gave a particularly eloquent description of libertarianism.
Read said that in an ideal world, every person should be free:
"...to pursue his ambition to the full extent of his abilities, regardless of race or creed or family background.
...to associate with whom he pleases for any reason he pleases, even if someone else thinks it's a stupid reason.
...to worship God in his own way, even if it isn't 'orthodox.'
...to choose his own trade and to apply for any job he wants -- and to quit his job if he doesn't like it or if he gets a better offer.
...to go into business for himself, be his own boss, and set his own hours of work -- even if it's only three hours a week.
...to use his honestly acquired property or savings in his own way -- spend it foolishly, invest it wisely, or even give it away.
...to offer his services or products for sale on his own terms, even if he loses money on the deal.
...to buy or not to buy any service or product offered for sale, even if the refusal displeases the seller.
...to disagree with any other person, even when the majority is on the side of the other person.
...to study and learn whatever strikes his fancy, as long as it seems to him worth the cost and effort of studying and learning it.
...to do as he pleases in general, as long as he doesn't infringe the equal right and opportunity of every other person to do as he pleases.
“The above, in a nutshell, is the way of life which the libertarian philosophy commends. It means no special privilege from government for anyone. It is the way of individual liberty, of the free market, of private property, of government limited to securing these rights equally for all.”
Leonard E. Read is one of the true Founding Fathers of the modern libertarian movement. A wonderful and prolific writer, Read was the Founding President of America’s first libertarian think tank, the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE).
In an article published way back in May 1955, Read gave a particularly eloquent description of libertarianism.
Read said that in an ideal world, every person should be free:
"...to pursue his ambition to the full extent of his abilities, regardless of race or creed or family background.
...to associate with whom he pleases for any reason he pleases, even if someone else thinks it's a stupid reason.
...to worship God in his own way, even if it isn't 'orthodox.'
...to choose his own trade and to apply for any job he wants -- and to quit his job if he doesn't like it or if he gets a better offer.
...to go into business for himself, be his own boss, and set his own hours of work -- even if it's only three hours a week.
...to use his honestly acquired property or savings in his own way -- spend it foolishly, invest it wisely, or even give it away.
...to offer his services or products for sale on his own terms, even if he loses money on the deal.
...to buy or not to buy any service or product offered for sale, even if the refusal displeases the seller.
...to disagree with any other person, even when the majority is on the side of the other person.
...to study and learn whatever strikes his fancy, as long as it seems to him worth the cost and effort of studying and learning it.
...to do as he pleases in general, as long as he doesn't infringe the equal right and opportunity of every other person to do as he pleases.
“The above, in a nutshell, is the way of life which the libertarian philosophy commends. It means no special privilege from government for anyone. It is the way of individual liberty, of the free market, of private property, of government limited to securing these rights equally for all.”
Saturday, June 12, 2010
10 point program of Communism - from wikipedia
1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.
2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
3. Abolition of all right of inheritance.
4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
5. Centralisation of credit in the hands of the State, by means of a national bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly.
6. Centralisation of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State.
7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the State; the bringing into cultivation of waste-lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.
8. Equal liability of all to labour. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.
9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of the distinction between town and country, by a more equitable distribution of the population over the country.
10. Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children's factory labour in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production.
Communism is not going away. There still are many proponents of these ten points. Let us not forget where the enactment of the points by governments led.
2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
3. Abolition of all right of inheritance.
4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
5. Centralisation of credit in the hands of the State, by means of a national bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly.
6. Centralisation of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State.
7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the State; the bringing into cultivation of waste-lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.
8. Equal liability of all to labour. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.
9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of the distinction between town and country, by a more equitable distribution of the population over the country.
10. Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children's factory labour in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production.
Communism is not going away. There still are many proponents of these ten points. Let us not forget where the enactment of the points by governments led.
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