10-15-2008, 02:51 AM
"All the government really does is; steal a large portion of your personal income; close the doors to your business if you don't fork over a specified percentage of your profits; make the money you do retain worth less every day by illegally printing new currency that has no value behind it; charge you for the privilege of living in your own home ("property taxes"); tell you what minimums you have to pay your employees and whom you must hire; dictate what you can charge for your products or services (through price controls handed down by the FTC); pass judgement on what products you can sell (through the FDA); and-the real coup de grace- make it illegal for you to compete against its own poorly run monopolies (such as the Postal Service)."
Robert J. Ringer, "Looking out for #1" (a very good book)
Robert J. Ringer, "Looking out for #1" (a very good book)