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Should Libertarians Reject Jury Nullification?

September 24, 2008

In the latest chapter of libertarian anti-nullification arguments, (it should be noted that Kip’s post is a hypothetical, I have no idea whether the “Palin Hacker” is pursuing a nullification defense, and so what follows here is probably a futile exercise in verbosity), we revisit among other things, the tired argument that, lying is always […]

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Apathy, Taxes and Bailouts

September 22, 2008

Probably the single, worst argument I’ve heard, not to get upset about the bailouts:

As much as I find the recent government bailouts revolting, I can’t get as outraged as some. They’re not using my money. Any money that came from me stopped being mine on April 15th.

Tillman’s post seems to make a great deal of […]

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Posted in: Taxation is Theft, Blog Reactions, American Politics, Rants | 1 Comment

On Being Too Big to Fail

September 17, 2008

Although I’ve kept silent on the stories, there has been a lot in the news and in the blogs lately about giant companies failing: Merrill Lynch. Lehman Brothers. Fannie & Freddie. &c. Some have called it the endgame of economics as we know it.
Then, the government nationalized AIG.

Under the plan, the Fed will […]

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Posted in: Government is Slavery, Blog Reactions, American Politics | 1 Comment

Environmental Questions

September 15, 2008

Two environmentalist questions from the aggregator, just begging for a cynical response:
1. Why do people pay extra for bottled water?
There are probably plenty of arguments one could offer up contra bottled water (see below). But the “it’s not useful” argument (c.f. the diamond-water paradox) isn’t one of them. I’m going to, […]

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