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Meltdown Review part 01 of 04: Shell Game

How the Federal Reserve Causes Inflation

Here are some quotes from the book “Meltdown” by Thomas Woods (2009) followed by my own comments. I think it is important for humans to understand the world in which they live. I live in a world where I will spend ten to twenty years of my life working indirectly for bankers. I will sweat, they will eat the bread.

I am not upset about this. There is an abundant and gracious God in Heaven who has opened my heart to the beauty of the world. I will only be here a short while. He will make all things right in the end. Nevertheless, it is the song of every soul to improve the world, and to bring truth to light.

And so here I go.

The Federal Reserve controls the American money supply and can influence interest rates either upward or downward; it can also function as a “lender of last resort.” Although people use the phrase “printing money” as a kind of shorthand for what the Fed does, the Fed increases the money supply not by printing cash and putting it into circulation, but by what are called “open-market operations,” which involve the purchase and sale of assets. Strictly speaking, the Fed can purchase any kind of asset it wants, but it normally purchases government bonds. If it wants to increase the money supply, it purchases, say, $1 billion in bonds from a bond dealer. It makes the purchase by writing a check on itself for $1 billion and handing it to a firm like Goldman Sachs in exchange for the bonds. It creates this $1 billion out of thin air.

Goldman Sachs then deposits this $1 billion check from the Fed in its bank. That bank doesn’t put the e$1 billion in a special vault with “Goldman’s Money” on the door. Instead, the bank will lend out most of that $1 billion, since the law only requires it to keep a small percentage of its deposits on reserve. (Most of the banks’ reserves, incidentally, are kept in its own account at the Fed, with a small amount in cash in its vaults to satisfy normal day-to-day requests for cash by the bank’s depositors.) When the bank, in turn, lends out the money, borrowers spend it, and it winds up in accounts in other banks, which use most of that money in still another round of expansion, and so on. With a reserve requirement of ten percent, the initial $1 billion will have supported $9 billion in additional lending by the time this process is complete. All of this $10 billion has been created out of nothing: the initial $1 billion check from the Fed, and the additional $9 billion in loans that the fractional-reserve banking makes possible, were produced out of thin air. Should the Fed wish to contract credit, it follows this procedure in reverse: it sells the bonds to the banks, and the money it receives for them—and the further increase in the money supply that the fractional-reserve system then created on top of it—are withdrawn from the economy.

Although people often define inflation as a general rise in prices, and economists themselves employ that definition as a kind of shorthand, inflation is actually the increase of the money supply itself (which in turn leads to higher prices than would otherwise have prevailed). Specifically, it is an increase in the amount of money in circulation not backed by the monetary commodity—in other words, an increase in paper-note claims tot gold not backed by increases in gold itself. Under a fiat standard, which the countries of the world have now, in which the monetary system is not backed by a commodity, we can define inflation simply as an increase in the amount of paper money in circulation.

Consider this question: in what order and in what way does the new money make its way through he economy? When eh government inflates the money supply, the new money does not reach everyone simultaneously and proportionately. It enters the economy at discrete points. The earliest recipients of the new money include politically favored constituencies…: banks, for example, or firms with government contracts. These privileged parties receive the new money before inflation has pushed prices upwards… the privileged firms that are lucky enough to get the new money benefit from being able to make their purchases at the previously existing price level—thereby silently looting those from whom they buy. When the average person gets his hands on this new money… prices have already been rising for quite a while… The value of his money was diluted by the new money before it ever reached him.

Now imagine a situation in which business firms or banks connected to the government receive a new influx of money courtesy of Fed credit expansion. That money comes out of thin air, not from the sale of some previous good or service. Thus when these favored firms spend this money, they are in effect taking goods out of the economy without providing anything themselves. Here we see very clearly how they benefit at the expense of the rest of society: they take from the stock of goods without giving anything in return. The money they pay for their goods didn’t originate in a good or service that they themselves had previously provided; it came from nowhere. The analogous case under a system of barter would be one in which, instead of trading my bread for your orange juice, I just [drink] your orange juice.

— Thomas Woods, Meltdown (2009)

Shawn’s Comments
I have read this book twice now, underlining and taking notes. The first third of the book is an overview of recent history; the bailouts (even a few notes about those in the last few decades), deregulation, regulation and nationalizing banks. Then the meaty parts: the core mechanics of how things work; what is money? what is inflation? The book ends with a chapter entitled “What Now?” which gives suggestions about how sound principles can restore some sense of reason

All of this has been of profound effect on me. I wasn’t expecting this book to help me in the micro-economic function of my business, but it indeed helped me to understand my universe better and to act on it. I have cut the banks out of the loop. I have started integrating the ideas of commodities, barter and real money into my life. I have started living more within my means.

I don’t like conspiracy theory. Even if it were true, what could I do about it? That’s why on this blog I try to take a more “common-man-bolts-and-nuts” approach.

One profound impression I had is that the common man is indeed capable of understanding these things. Indeed, I think that each citizen would do well to put down the game-controller for a month and gulp down a few books on economics.

It doesn’t take a genius to know that if every dollar were suddenly twinned, then prices would go up.. how much?

Why are homes and college educations so expensive? These are sectors where credit expansion is the most rampant, and where government has distorted economic reality the most.

If a house were to cost $50,000 could you buy one outright? Could you save up over time?

Right now, home prices are seeking their real, true value.

It’s starting to make sense.

As usual, I invite differing viewpoints. Is this book wrong? Are there factual errors? Am I not seeing the whole picture? I am just an average guy trying to put it together.

Posted on July 8th, 2009 at 5:19pm by Shawn


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Phrase-ology

I was reading this article on Ron Paul’s bill to audit the Federal Reserve:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31784137/ns/business-us_business/

Note the words used:

It’s an “attack” on the Federal Reserve (he’s not questioning or advancing).
Ron Paul has a “gang” (not a coalition or alliance)
It’s Ron Paul’s “little” bill (what’s little about it?)
He has a “vendetta” against the Federal Reserve. He’s a “radical” (not a forward-thinker or a leader).
His “gang of 244” (since when is 244 people out of 435 a “gang”?)
Congress is “upset” and “doesn’t like” the Fed.

The Fed is only going to “intervene responsibly” when “necessary”. Oh thank goodness! The good and wise Federal Reserve is always there to lend a helping hand!

Remember, the Federal Reserve is a private entity. It controls the one thing that you can’t trust anyone with: the money supply. In fact, the very definitioin of money has been warped in the last 100 years (since 1913 when the Federal Reserve was established).

This bill (HR 1207) is only so we can take a limited look inside. It amazes me that this is considered to be extraordinary. The commoners want a tour of the castle, the mysterious castle from which the decrees are issued. We wait with baited breath while our betters make the decisions.

These people are not smarter than you.

Posted on July 8th, 2009 at 2:53pm by Shawn


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Quote of the Day

“They were in the Broadway production of Corsairs.

– S. Purser

New tag line for War Machine: “That does what now?”

Posted on July 7th, 2009 at 11:09pm by Shawn


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Trade-in Rates for July 2009

Here are the trade-in rates for July 2009. I’m offering service credit in trade for models. Read this completely as I have recently improved several aspects of this program. Notably: I am now trading in army books. Also, you do not need to figure out the retail prices of your trade-in items.

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You can usually get a much better deal going to the secondary market (local shop, ebay) on your own. However, the advantage of trading in with us is that you are likely to be able to unload disparate items without a lot of hassle (e.g. finding various buyers, setting up payment, lots of minor questions).

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If you want to trade in, we need a list of what you have. You do NOT need to calculate the retail value, but it helps. Please tell me the condition (e.g. new in box, new on sprue, assembled, primed). The rates below are a multiplier. If the entry says 0.30 it means you would get $30 for $100 worth of retail items. Just take the retail total and multiply it by the number. You do not need to figure this out; you can just send in your list of stuff to bluetablepainting@gmail.com

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In the past I have only allowed for half or less of a project to be paid in credit this way. But for the time being I am lifting that restriction.

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I just know there’s someone who goes out to their garage, surveys the mass of unpainted models, sighs then turns out the light. This program will hopefully allow someone with the “white primer horde” to finally show up with a painted army. As an added bonus, your models will get a good home where they will be painted and loved.

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We don’t need painted figures. Exception: if they only have a little bit done with them; not too thick, not too many layers. Primed models are OK, again not too thick.

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You can also get a credit of at least $10 to help with your shipping costs. This is on request. .
If you want to trade-in figures, but don’t have a project ready, that’s OK, I will confirm your total and then you will have it on tap for when you want to use it.

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This trade-in is recorded as a payment on your project. It is non-refundable except at our discretion (eg you can’t refuse the project and then get your trade-in amount refunded as cash). Trade-in can be applied to cost of models, assembly or painting as you wish. This means you can also just get models sent to you (this is limited to models that are commonly available, eg not Forge World).

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Generally, we only need in-print models that are currently in production.

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These rates and conditions may change so it is recommended to check in every once in a while. I am likely to update the numbers about once a month. The plan right now is to update every first of the month. Fairness is the guiding principle.

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Forge World 0.49
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Army books $8 credit (must be current edition, no OOP)

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Assault on Black Reach Models:
Complete set of orks $9 credit
Complete set of space marines $9 credit
Space Marine Dreadnought $5 credit
Small rulebook $5 credit
Template sprue (complete) $3 credit

. Chaos Space Marines 0.24

. Daemonhunters 0.20

. Daemons of Chaos 0.30

. Eldar 0.20

. Imperial Guard 0.34

. Necrons 0.20

. Orks 0.25

. Space Marines 0.25

. Tau 0.25

. Tyranids 0.26

. Witch Hunters 0.24

. Warhammer Fantasy 0.30

. Hordes 0.32

. War Machine 0.20 (Cryx 0.30)

. Battlefleet Gothic 0.11

. Lord of the Rings 0.17

Posted on July 7th, 2009 at 8:05pm by Shawn


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Standing By

I am caught up at the studio and standing by (as always, even if we are busy!) to set up new projects.
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You should know that I am completely at your disposal.
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I have some clients who will call me and set up everything by phone. I will take dictation about army specifications and also offer advice and help with army theme and list.
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Alternatively, you can set up a project on your own, to any degree.

Email at bluetablepainting@gmail.com
Phone number is (801) 372-8545
Facebook ID is bluetablepainting http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=633040196
Google Chat ID is bluetablepainting

Posted on July 7th, 2009 at 2:02pm by Shawn


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Stacked to the Ceiling

The studio was an absolute wreck today. There were kits and packages literally stacked to the ceiling. I had a mind-boggling amount of tasks to accomplish. I made some serious inroads and I’m mostly caught up.
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I painted up three Razordons (and handlers, all nine of them) and a third Kroxigor. This brings the point total of the studio Lizardmen to 2625 with no magic items. Pretty much going to be 3000 pts. But I need to also paint up four more models: three Terradons and the whimsically named Tiq’taq’to.
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I got a new HD camera, but turns out it only records in .mov which is incompatible with the editing software I use (windows movie maker, which I love). Working through that. I plan on doing a few shorts for Hordes tomorrow.
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We’re ready to get projects set up for August (best to start now in the process).
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Pandora’s armies are getting assembled this week. The four army types turned out to be: Deathguard, Imperial Guard, Tau, and Wood Elves.

Posted on July 7th, 2009 at 5:49am by Shawn


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Independence Day

It was a perfect day off.
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We didn’t go anywhere.
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It was hanging out all day long, eating leftovers from the BBQ on Friday. I made some good headway on Star Trek season four.
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I also uploaded and annotated four parts of a Warhammer Fantasy Battle report.
Around noon I swung by the studio to pick up some paints and models (I’m tackling three Razordons for the Lizardmen army as well as a third Kroxigor). I found Dane working on the Cities of Death project, in the home stretch now. We are going to do a demo game on that on Monday.
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The kids were playing in the sprinklers most of the day. Both at our house and a neighbor’s (who incidentally also were doing up some barbecue and some ceviche to die for).
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That evening we headed a few blocks away for a Ward swim party. I swam with the kids. My four year old son pushed me off the high dive. I was able to have a lively chat with my friend J. about banking (he works at a bank) and verify to some extent that fractional reserve banking does indeed loan out money that does not exist (ie it is amplifying a reserve rather than the George Bailey “It’s a Wonderful Life” myth that seems to be implanted in the general consciousness). I’m going to hear back from him this coming week.
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I don’t think very many people in my neighborhood went to the city fireworks, preferring to set off some more modest fare in front of their houses. Indeed, after the swim party we went out into that cul-de sac with about fifty people and did a mutual fireworks thing.
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Pretty much a perfect day. My heart is full of gratitude.
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PS- I’m usually going on and on about the meaning of liberty, and the words of the Founders, so you’ll forgive me if I keep it to mundane fare today.

Posted on July 5th, 2009 at 4:16pm by Shawn


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I Can’t Hear You!

Why 3:30am? No matter when I go to sleep I wake up at about that time at least every few nights.
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I am currently booking projects for late July and August. Best to start soon. Remember, if you are in the military (or a veteran, I’m pretty lenient), you get 30% off on the cost of your models when you create a commission. Also, if this is your first commission, you get the same discount on your first order (30% off on the cost of your models)*.
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I love playing miniatures battles. Every game (win or lose) is an adventure. I just wish I could play every day.
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Even though this was a working day it was pretty dead down at the studio. Brigh was really sleepy so he headed home. A friend of mine (Sky Marshall Anonymo– no everyone does not want to be on youtube) came in for a game of Warhammer Fantasy. We painted him up his Warriors of Chaos army recently. We ran out of batteries for the camera and headed out for that around noon, just after deployment, then swung by KFC for some lunch.
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About the camera: the new HD one I picked up takes the vids in .mov format which can’t be opened by the editing software I use, so that stymied things for this round. I am going to try a few other things this coming week. Also, the HD vids can be uploaded directly without editing, so you can look forward to more Hordes overview videos this coming week.
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We are working diligently on a set of detailed Cities of Death terrain, as you know, and that’s all in the home stretch for a demo battle (client’s blessing) on Monday. I think I’ll play my Orks.
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We took our own sweet time on the Warhammer Fantasy Battle game. You can know the results later.
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Then back home for a BBQ. We were going to do it just for our family but at the last minute (yesterday afternoon) I sent out an email to staff. Only three people showed up. But that was enough for a good time, good food, and good conversation. On the menu: key lime pie, baked beans with bacon, broccoli salad, steak, burgers (with avocado), and pink lemonade.
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I have been really worked up the last year, fretting about what can go wrong. I realized recently that I’ve been creating negative scenarios in my head. I have to get rid of that and start thinking more positively. I think that Heavenly Father has good things in store for me in the next life. Why not this life as well? I think I’m giving my own self undue grief.
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*This applies only to models that are commonly available (ie not Forge World or off foreign companies; things I don’t get a discount on myself).

Posted on July 4th, 2009 at 5:13am by Shawn


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Smoothly


See more pics of these conversions here

Currently booking projects for late July and August. Ready to go whenever you are.

First: I got a lot of comments from readers recently. I have summarized them all into one post.
http://bluetablepainting.blogspot.com/2009/07/various-comments-on-economicsposts.html
I would like to point out that you are getting something here that you are unlikely to find many other places: reasoned, measured and open social discussion.

I welcome, absolutely welcome any well-thought-out response. I am an explorer. I want to hear new ideas.

It was overcast today, and in the evening it was raining slightly. A cool summer day. It’s been rainy this month.

For me, it is a time of peace. Things are running smoothly. Plenty of food in the house.

We are working on a significant Cities of Death project. I took some video of that today. With the completion of the Skorne, I am doing no projects. Hey waitaminit, I’ve got that Stompa all ready to go. I will get cracking on that over the weekend. That will mightily complete the Orks.

We have no plans for Fourth of July, thank goodness. Just barbecue.

I’m about halfway through Season 4 of ST:TNG.

Posted on July 3rd, 2009 at 3:14am by Shawn


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Life, Liberty, and Property Are Inseparable

By Tom Mullen
Published 07/02/09
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“The reason why men enter into society, is the preservation of their property; and the end why they chuse and authorize a legislative, is, that there may be laws made, and rules set, as guards and fences to the properties of all the members of the society, to limit the power, and moderate the dominion, of every part and member of the society: for since it can never be supposed to be the will of the society, that the legislative should have a power to destroy that which every one designs to secure, by entering into society, and for which the people submitted themselves to legislators of their own making; whenever the legislators endeavour to take away, and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power, they put themselves into a state of war with the people, who are thereupon absolved from any farther obedience, and are left to the common refuge, which God hath provided for all men, against force and violence.”
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* John Locke [Second Treatise of Government, (Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, 1980) Pg. 111]
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Life, liberty, and property were the central, inalienable rights that formed the foundation of the great experiment in self government called the United States of America. The founders of our country never broke apart this sacred triumvirate, because each one of these rights is inextricably bound to the other. No one of these three can exist without the other. Moreover, when all three are secured, it is almost impossible for injustice to exist. Wherever one does find injustice, one invariably finds a violation of one of these three basic rights at its root.
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While it is certainly true that today the rights to life and liberty are grossly violated in innumerable ways, they are nevertheless at least spoken of by our politicians. However hypocritically, they at least say that they value life and liberty, even as they pervert those sacred rights as justification for their wars and plunder.
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Yet, they never even hypocritically evoke the right to property. No journalist ever challenges them based upon it, and honestly, most average Americans don’t talk about it either. As a principle, property has vanished from our consciousness. However, as all of the great philosophers throughout history have understood, there is no right to life or liberty without property. In fact, property is part and parcel of life itself.
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What is property? It is that which an individual rightfully owns. Included among every human being’s property are his mind, his body, his conscience, and his actions. Every act of mind and body undeniably belongs to the actor, including that act which he engages in more than any other: his labor. To deny someone’s right to ownership of his mind, body, or labor is to make him a slave.

It is labor that allows each individual to sustain his existence and pursue his happiness. All consumption must be preceded by production. Production can only be achieved through human labor. In fact, there is no way for an individual to pursue any goal, whether material, intellectual, or spiritual, without exertion. Even the search for God requires an intellectual and spiritual effort — it cannot commence without labor.
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For most of us, the bulk of our labor is devoted to providing the basic necessities of life for ourselves and our children. Some portion of it also provides the extras — the toys, the vacations, or the dining out that enriches our lives and adds to our happiness. A further portion is devoted to study, prayer, or just simple reflection — the quest for meaning and purpose in our lives. None of these things are possible without labor; our labor provides them all. Every item in every store is the product of someone’s labor. Every phone call you make is made possible by someone’s labor. Healthcare is someone’s labor, as is education.
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However, the actual effort of mind and body is not the most precious aspect of labor. If human beings were immortal, we could afford to spend our labor and its fruits indiscriminately, consuming as much as we wished and providing anything to anyone who asked it of us. If a shoemaker were able to make shoes for the rest of eternity, then certainly there would not be a bare foot on the face of the earth. If the land developer were immortal, we would all live in a mansion.
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However, we are not immortal, and it is this fact that places such a premium on our labor. Our labor is not just composed of the exertion of mind and body that is necessary to produce some good or service. That exertion happens over time, the hours or days of the laborer’s life. Every hour of our labor is an hour of our life from a limited supply which cannot be replenished. Whatever we have produced with our labor now contains that portion of our life which we have sacrificed to produce it.
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So, when human beings trade their goods or services with one another, they are really trading pieces of their lives. If they have exchanged their labor for money with an employer or customer, that money now contains some part of their lives — a part that can never be reclaimed. That is why the same verb is used for both money and time — both are “spent” in exchange for some benefit. Both also represent each individual’s means of self determination.
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Therefore, it is impossible to call a person free if he does not own his labor and all the product of his labor. It is only through his labor that he can provide better food, clothing and shelter for himself and his family, send his children to better schools, or realize the leisure time necessary to grow intellectually and spiritually. His labor is his means to determine the course of his life. Without self determination, there is no liberty.
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Furthermore, to deny a human being ownership of his labor is also to deny his right to life itself. Since his labor is his means of sustaining his existence, once his right to ownership of his labor is denied he lives only at the arbitrary whim of whoever has claimed ownership of it. For such a person, life is now a privilege granted by someone else, rather than a right.
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To the founders of the United States of America, all of this was self evident. When one reads the writings of Samuel and John Adams, Jefferson, Madison, or Locke, one finds one word that is used many times more often even than liberty: property. Recognizing property as nothing more than the individual’s labor and/or the product of his labor, the founders placed the protection of property as the very highest priority of government. In fact, they often stated that it was the only priority of government. While no high school history book or Hollywood biopic even hints at this fact, merely reading the words of the founders for oneself puts any debate on this point to rest.
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Let us apply this concept to a contemporary issue. The unambiguous statements in the Declaration of Independence that all human beings have unalienable rights and that government’s sole purpose is to secure them should absolutely beg at least one timely question from most Americans today. Why did the founders not provide for the right to health care? Why did they not establish Medicare or Medicaid? Given a whole system of government whose purpose was to secure individual rights, why was this right so glaringly overlooked?
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Of course, the answer to that question is that the founders recognized that health care was not a right. Health care, like every other good or service, is someone’s labor. No one but the laborer can have a right to it. To say that people have a right to health care is really to deny the health care provider a right to his own life, for it is impossible for both he and his patient to have a right to ownership of his labor. It is no less a crime to forcefully rob the health care provider’s fee from a third party (the taxpayer), for that simply denies the taxpayer’s right to his own life. In either case — whether the health care provider is forced to treat the patient for free or a third party is forced to pay the bill — someone’s labor, some part of someone’s life, is being stolen from him. This is the specific crime that government exists to defend its citizens against. By instead committing this crime, government becomes the most grotesque absurdity imaginable.
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This is not to imply that we are at some sort of crossroads because President Obama and his pet Congress are closing in on expanding government healthcare. We came to that crossroads decades ago and quite undeniably took the wrong road. Until our philosophy changes and we recognize that retirement benefits, health care, research grants, corporate subsidies, investment in alternative energy — all money, goods, and services — are really pieces of someone’s life that cannot be seized from them without their consent (not even by majority vote), we will never restore the liberty that we have lost. Instead, we will continue to be the most pitiable form of slave, not bound to one master, but to everyone.
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When a fellow human being offers to buy your product or hire you for your services, he has paid you the highest compliment imaginable. That person has offered a piece of his life to you in exchange for something that you have to offer, which is itself a piece of your own life. He is saying that you have value and that what you offer is worth hours or days of his life that he can never reclaim. This consensual interaction between free people is the most beautiful aspect of civil society and has been responsible for every improvement in the quality of human life that has ever occurred throughout history.
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Conversely, when a fellow human being points a gun at you and demands that you provide him with some good or service, he commits the most egregious crime imaginable, short of pulling the trigger and ending your life at that moment. For in reality, he is really stealing a piece of your life that you can likewise never reclaim. He may be committing this crime because he wishes to increase his wealth without earning it, or he may desperately need whatever he takes from you, but it is the same crime nonetheless. This interaction is the most evil aspect of civil society and has been responsible for every war and human misery that has ever occurred throughout history.
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Government can only be organized to fulfill one of two purposes: to protect your property or to take it from you – for whatever purpose government or its constituents deem fit. There is no third choice. To organize society around competing groups stealing from one another is to create a society whose citizens exist in a perpetual state of war with one another — for the use of force to obtain another’s property without his consent is the definition of the state of war.
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Such a society cannot endure indefinitely. Ours has come to the beginning of its inevitable end. Countless empires throughout history — some much more preeminent in their worlds than we are in ours — have disintegrated for exactly the same reason. We can still choose justice over injustice but our philosophy must change. We must again institute a government that secures our rights, rather than annihilates them in the attempt to provide us with the property of others.
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This will not happen by any act of government itself. Whether we elect a liberal or a conservative, we will never achieve different results by continually electing different people or parties but asking them to do the same thing — provide us with the property of others. It must be the people who change their philosophy and then demand that government assume its appropriate role according to that philosophy. Our government ultimately gives us what we ask for. For the past century, we have increasingly asked it to make us slaves, seduced by the siren’s song of comfort and security without responsibility. This can only be provided to each of us at another’s expense and can only be provided to others at ours. Once we reject the idea that we can claim a right to another human being’s life, the chains that bind us will be broken. Then, it will matter not who makes our laws.

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Tom Mullen is a writer, musician, and self-employed business consultant. In January 2009, he published his first book, A Return to Common Sense: Reawakening Liberty in the Inhabitants of America. Tom was the opening speaker at the Revolution March in Washington, D.C. on July 12, 2008 (keynote speaker Ron Paul). In 2007, he released his first solo CD, A Glimpse of the Ether, containing 13 original compositions. Tom’s style has been described as “Powerpop with a hint of modern rock.”

Posted on July 2nd, 2009 at 7:26pm by Shawn


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