The more government there is, the more problems we have

April 21, 2023 By Mark Landsbaum

Have you noticed that the more government there is, the more problems we have? The government claims jurisdiction over everything you do.  Yet prosecutors refuse to prosecute violent criminals, and judges increasingly refuse to sentence those convicted. Columnist Doug Casey points to the obvious root of this evil: America has lost its knowledge of right and wrong.   Despite the USA's Leviathan of armed government authority, crime spirals out of control.  Major retailers are abandoning cities because they are being robbed and shoplifted into bankruptcy — while police do nothing about it.  The lawlessness that began with flash mobs shoplifting at dime stores has escalated to the ritziest retailers on a vast scale.  Security guards stand by and watch it happen.  Carjacking is epidemic in inner cities.  Violence for violence's sake is erupting on public streets, in private businesses, and on public transportation.  People who have never been slaves demand reparations from people who never owned slaves............To Read More...