Tag Archives: Misery

First Principles: Heavy Taxation Leads To Wretchedness and Oppression

“The fore horse of this frightful team is public debt. Taxation follow that, and in its turn wretchedness and oppression.”  – Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Samuel Kerchival, 1816 The correct thing to do about many of the issues touted as … Continue reading

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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Forlorn

It has felt this way since maybe the day That I was born Always having to find my own way Feeling lost and forlorn Standing on the hilltop feeling soul shaken Misery my best company as my heart is breaking … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Socialism Leads To the Even Distribution of Misery

“The main vice of capitalism is the uneven distribution of prosperity. The main vice of socialism is the even distribution of misery.” —Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)    

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