Isn’t it funny that Republicans, when they think they are losing, turn to libertarian rhetoric? You’d think that neocon John McCain was opposed to the progressive income tax and other Marxist public policies, and even to the redistribution of wealth. Hey, Jack: taking money from me and giving it to Lockheed Martin counts as redistribution. Indeed, the state is nothing but a giant redistribution machine, taking property by force from the productive and giving it to the non-productive, from the owners and giving it to the non-owners, as Hoppe reminds us. That’s why Rothbard described the state as a gang … Continue reading Republicans With Their Backs Against the Wall