Bastiat: Legal Plunder

Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 11 years, 1 month ago to Government
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Bastiat: Legal Plunder
Our government uses force to perpetrate “Legal Plunder” every day.
The purpose of government is to protect the individual. Property is an extension of the individual. Money is property.


Published on Mar 18, 2014
Imagine you and I are strolling down the street one fine day on our way to have a nice lunch and we come across a woman who is truly destitute. She needs many things including food to feed her baby. Imagine also that you just cashed a check and you know, and I know, that you have $200.00 in your pocket.
Now imagine that I decide that you should give the 200 dollars to the woman. (Remember, she is truly needy.) So I take out my handgun and I order you, at gunpoint, to turn over the 200 to the woman. Not wanting your brains splattered all over the street, you comply.
But it's not over. Let's just say that I am so moved by this woman's situation...
http://freedomoutpost.com/2014/03/conver...


Respectfully,
O.A.

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  • Posted by Non_mooching_artist 11 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    I'm most often the one laughing at my own expense, as well. Like when I fall up the stairs while carrying a full mug of coffee, which then gets launched into the air.... ☕
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  • Posted by Non_mooching_artist 11 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    I've done the same thing and just want to bang my head on a wall when I realize it! It happens to the best of us, and even you apparently ;-p
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  • Posted by overmanwarrior 11 years, 1 month ago
    "It is impossible to introduce into society a greater evil than this: the conversion of the law into an instrument of plunder."

    By that definition, we are a very evil culture.

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