John Allen Pugsley (January 5, 1934 – April 8, 2011) was an American voluntaryist libertarian political and economics commentator, lecturer, and best-selling author.
Monopoly power is an illusion in any system in which free competition is allowed.
In Sherman's famous march through Georgia, his soldiers left a swath of death and destruction, destroying crops, burning homes and killing civilians. Sherman himself acknowledged that only 20% of the destruction inflicted by his invasion was inflicted on military objectives. Civilian non-combatants, essentially innocents, suffered 80% of the losses.
How to obtain freedom has been, and is, mankind's most important quest.
All of political history history can be summed up as a struggle to throw the bad guys out and put the good guys in.
Governments steal from citizens through taxes and through the subterfuge of monetizing their own IOUs.
Only in situations where competition is illegal will competition not act naturally to bring the best product at the lowest price to the consumer.
I am unable to accept the idea that I should be an obedient subject of a gang of corrupt, unprincipled thugs who pontificate about freedom while enslaving the population.
Pugsley's First Law of Government: All government programs accomplish the opposite of what they are designed to achieve.
The consumer gets the best deal when the product is cheapest, and the product is cheapest when people can freely compete in the market place.
Being the richest man on a sinking ship is a bitter victory
Any time you read that your government is erecting tariff barriers, supporting threatened industries with subsidies, or interfering in any way with free trade between individuals or nations, you must realize that your standard of living is being lowered as a result.
Size of industry, concentration of market, or production notwithstanding, the consumer is best served when the businessman is completely free to pursue his profit goals.
Peace and prosperity are inversely proportional to the level of taxation.
When government taxes and regulates, what is seen are the visible effects of government contracts, grants, and subsidies. What is not seen are all of the property, business, and jobs that would have been created if citizens were left with the right to choose.
. . . human beings always have and always will seek havens where we are free to be productive and to keep the property we create.