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Here is the argument for dumping the state, an institution based on violence, coercion and theft of property. Here also is a good explanation for why our lives have become so complex, our laws so incomprehensible and our governments so dangerous to our health and freedom.

Stephan Molyneux on Accepting Responsibility for Social Security Failure – Or Not

I agree with Stephan and here’s my 2¢

When I was young I hated the fact that “they” were taking “even more” out of my check for social security over and above the taxes they were already taking. In my shortsighted view I figured I’d rather have the money now and I’d worry about retirement later.

I worked most of my life “outside” the normal system and paid very little in taxes and less in social security taxes. I can’t say that I did this because of principled resistance or because I had figured out early on that it was all a scam. It just felt right to hang on to as much of what was mine as possible. Plus, I hated working jobs where others controlled my time and my life.

With time I concluded that most likely very few of my contemporaries would see a return on their social security dollar. I am 63 now and drawing a VERY meager social security pension – one I never counted on.

I won’t say that I was wise enough to start some other plan for paying for myself in my waning years. I never really learned that lesson but I have learned that there are damned few ways of storing wealth that are not in some way susceptible to loss. Most of those who have managed to save for their old age are seeing their savings stolen through inflation. Even gold can be lost, confiscated or stolen.

It seems the truest store of wealth lies in the knowledge one acquires. And, indeed, in the relationships one forms. Though I have experienced some bankrupt relationships.

Mostly, I’m sorry for those who got lazy and stopped acquiring knowledge somewhere along the way. I may not have great stores of physical wealth but I am secure in the knowledge that I will always find a way to provide for myself and those who depend on me. Words like ingenuity, agility, foresight and providing value come to mind.

I feel that a great leveling of the playing field is about to happen. I’m anxious to see if my theory is correct.

Oh, and thank you Stephan for your kind offer to share your wealth if we (the older generation) will accept responsibility for being asleep at the wheel. Or accept that government has gone beyond out control.  But you know, I’m quite sure that those dollars won’t do either you or me much good in the not so distant future. Your wealth of knowledge however will be priceless and you are already sharing that.

That Giant Sucking Sound – The Source

If you want to know what’s been vacuuming out your wallet, siphoning off your freedom, eating away at  your property rights, and killing the constitution… watch this series of videos.

Revisiting American History
Documents the conversion of the US into a monolithic financial empire as the Federal Reserve Act created a monopolized cartel of private interests, “Wall Street,” that controls all money in the system.

Revisiting Economics 101 – Debt
Discusses the power of debt-based money, embodied in the bond market, and its ability to exert total top-down power and control over the empire. Our system is not a free market. Continue reading →