Tax Money to Lobby for MORE Tax Money

[Dean]

Heh. A genuine stroke of genius. But honestly though, this 'trick' (of sorts) is quite damn awesome.

Robert Reich on the "Military Industrial Congressional Complex"


And in case anyone is still in doubt, I'll give you an excerpt from one of my favourite must-reads, written by Noam Chomsky. On: "Free Market Fantasies: Capitalism In the Real World". If this whole essay doesn't convince you, then nothing will.

["¦] So you , whoever you may be , you have to learn responsibility, and be subjected to market discipline, it's good for your character, it's tough love, and so on, and so forth. But me, I need the nanny State, to protect me from market discipline, so that I'll be able to rant and rave about the marvels of the free market, while I'm getting properly subsidized and defended by everyone else, through the nanny State. ["¦]

The actual recording of this essay in a public lecture by Chomsky is also available on YouTube. i also recommend his books if you want to learn more about Capitalism in free societies (e.g. the United States).

Noam Chomsky - Free Market Fantasies: Capitalism In The Real World (Full Lecture)

EDIT: ^^ Had to replace the above video with an identical copy by another user, because the user that posted the original apparently had their account terminated due to "third party notifications of copyright infringement". It will surely be interesting to see how long this one lasts ...

In this lecture he also deals with matters such as Global Trade and so forth. Fantastic stuff. Any thoughts, guys?