Federalist paper 74 expresses it quite well. ..The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, selfap… (View Post)

No, they weren't. You're just forgetting (or are ignoring, deliberately or otherwise, or simply don't know) the history of the republic. No kings has a very particular meaning in the US. The point is… (View Post)

Of course, and the very wealthy can usually find ways of insulating themselves from the effects, or even benefit with the right strategy. But economic miracles are often built on making the majority … (View Post)

A welcomed dose of Cyclefree acerbity to wake up to. (Btw I am sending you a VM.) (View Post)

Yours right, of course. But allowing depreciations are effectively telling the entire country that they are poorer than they thought they were. People don't like unpleasant facts. Which is why it's u… (View Post)