The art of government consists of taking as much money as possible
from one party of citizens to give to the other
Voltaire
Did US legislators
who voted in favor of the Wall Street rescue plan
on September 29th 2008
receive ~54% more in campaign contributions
from financial interests
than the lawmakers who voted against the bill?
Why would legislators
who received targeted campaign contributions
be relatively protective of certain entities?
It is impossible to introduce into society a greater change
and a greater evil than this
The conversion of the law into an instrument of plunder
Frederic Bastiat
What would our Founding Fathers think?
What would they think of the Fed?
Of the influence of Congress?
Of earmarks?
Of Keynesian economics?
Of our tax code and its use of it?
Of our country being run by politicians and bureaucrats
instead of the private sector
which the US Constitution was supposed to protect?
Of gold at $900+ and the treatment of the sacred US dollar?
Of the SEC, OTS, FDIC, FTC, FHFA, and OCC?
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