Ogre’s Politics and Views

Does she really think of herself this way? I honestly have never seen anything to indicate otherwise.

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Tags: Democrats by Ogre
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A short and to the point article that points out why welfare is bad. And make no mistake, welfare is bad. It’s evil. And no, it doesn’t matter how many you claim it will help. Instead, welfare actually enslaves two groups of people while benefiting no one but the government bureaucrat who takes a cut.

Here’s my honest view of what welfare does and how it works. This is not opinion, this is factual:

Step 1: Government uses men with guns to take cash from people who earn the cash. If you refuse, government will jail or kill you. All people who work and produce are therefore, by definition, slaves.

Step 2: Government takes a substantial portion of the money taken by force to pay the men with guns, pay the people who pay the men with guns, and pay the people who are making all the transfers of money.

Step 3: Government bureaucrats (the real evil) take a little bit of the money that’s left and they dangle it in front of lazy people who don’t work. They then make rules to ensure that the people who don’t work have incentive to continue to not work — they will be paid by the bureaucrats. They will not learn to support themselves, instead becoming dependent on the government — more slaves.

Oh, how I yearn for freedom.

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Tags: America, Freedom, Government by Ogre
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I really can’t argue with that. Vote for someone else. ANYONE else.

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Tags: 2008 Elections by Ogre
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So, what’s your government been up to? Keep in mind, this is the government who YOU PAY. You pay all the salaries of all levels of government. They’re working for you. According to various slogans, they’re working to “protect and serve.” According to the constitution, they’re only supposed to protect you from other who would violate your rights. So who are they protecting?

Well, they’re protecting some people’s free expression and speech — those who want to demand you approve their deviant sexual lifestyle. At the same time, this government is preventing you from quietly handing out pamphlets, speaking, or even wearing a T-shirt that they don’t like.

Your government is shutting down dangerous fruit stands that sell a couple watermelons to people who want them. Yes, if you want to engage in free trade, you are NOT WELCOME in America. If you want to trade one item of value for another, you must pay government for that privilege. And no, they don’t care about anything else. If you bribe them enough, you will be able to do what you want. If you don’t bribe them, government will destroy you.

Oh, and they’re arresting and locking up people who owe the government $30. Yes, that’s right. This government thinks it’s better to spend thousands of dollars on policemen, courts, bureaucrats, and all other related things in order to collect $30 from a “citizen.” Go ahead, try and explain it’s about following the rules. Can you actually argue that it makes sense to spend literally thousands of dollars because of “the rules?” Did you ever think the rules might be wrong?

Wouldn’t it be neat to live somewhere where there was actual freedom? I think it would. I think The Free State Project needs to move things along a little faster. Unfortunately, I think that’s only going to happen with a lot more resistance to force — which is going to cause the government to resort to more violence.

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Tags: Freedom, Government by Ogre
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