“In education, it is said that the state must impose schooling on all children, else the parents and communities will neglect it. Only the state can make sure that no child is left behind. The only question is the means: will we use the union and bureaucracies favored by the left, or the market incentives and vouchers favored by the right. I don't want to get into a debate about which means is better, but only to draw attention to the reality that these are both forms of planning that compromise the freedom of families to manage their own affairs.” WantMeanChildrenSaidStatesUseRealityFormLeftParentCommunityBehindsAttentionDrawsUnionsAffairDebatePlanningManageCompromiseNeglectBureaucracyIncentivesLeft BehindSchoolingVouchers Author:Llewellyn Rockwell
“The most absurd public opinion polls are those on taxes. Now, if there is one thing we know about taxes, it is that people do not want to pay them. If they wanted to pay them, there would be no need for taxes. People would gladly figure out how much of their money that the government deserves and send it in. And yet we routinely hear about opinion polls that reveal that the public likes the tax level as it is and might even like it higher. Next they will tell us that the public thinks the crime rate is too low, or that the American people would really like to be in more auto accidents.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantNeedsGovernmentMightWould BeWantedNextLevelsPayOpinionOne ThingCrimeFiguresHigherTaxesLowsDeserveRateAccidentsLikesAbsurdPublic OpinionPollsCrime RatesOpinion Polls Author:Llewellyn Rockwell
“Welcome to the age of paper money, where governments and central banks can manufacture as much money as they want without limit. Gold was the last limit. Its banishment as a standard unleashed the inflation monster and leviathan itself, which has swelled beyond comprehension.” WantGovernmentAgeLastsLimitsPaperStandardsGoldMonstersWelcomeInflationComprehensionCentral BanksUnleashedLeviathanPaper MoneyBanishment Author:Llewellyn Rockwell
“Even as the government dominates the headlines, private entrepreneurs are busy every day working to improve products and services that improve our lives. They do it without taxing us or regulating us, or making us suffer through tedious elections or political debates. They make their products and offer them to us in a way that pleases the consuming public the most. We can choose whether we want them or not.” WayWantGovernmentPoliticalSufferingOur LivesProductsPleaseOffersElectionEntrepreneurBusyDebateConsumingHeadlinesTediousPolitical Debates Author:Llewellyn Rockwell
“It isn't a coincidence that governments everywhere want to educate children. Government education, in turn, is supposed to be evidence of the state's goodness and its concern for our well-being. The real explanation is less flattering. If the government's propaganda can take root as children grow up, those kids will be no threat to the state apparatus. They'll fasten the chains to their own ankles. H.L. Mencken once said that the state doesn't just want to make you obey. It tries to make you want to obey. And that's one thing the government schools do very well.” IfsWantTryingWellsChildrenSaidRealStatesGovernmentKidsSchoolTurnsGrowsGrowing UpOne ThingGoodnessEvidenceConcernRootsThreatLibertarianChainsSupposed To BeWell BeingPropagandaExplanationEducateCoincidenceFlatteringAnklesGovernment Education Author:Llewellyn Rockwell
