Calgary Libertarian

Albertans and Canada have decided by majority vote to be less economically free. Government bureaucrats have free rein to force public healthcare which, in turn, forces thousands of other restrictions on Albertans. Government bureaucrats are given the power to pick and choose favorites at their leisure. This means they control business decisions (an early stage of fascism). This also means that money will be diverted from the most productive uses to less productive uses. As as result, Albertans have more complexity with a lower standard of prosperity and freedom than they otherwise would enjoy.
Democracy should not have the power to advantage or disadvantage anyone by allowing the majority to vote away the natural rights of people.
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Imperial+snubs+Alberta+workers/3032375/story.html

-Wes

Good speech about Economic history and freemarket misconceptions. Its a quick notes version of economics and history but I think Thomas Woods Jr. Gets the point across. Points out a fact that Statists and Lefties never ask why some thing is happening only say that its wrong and to get government to fix it.
If we don’t understand the “problem” we can’t fix it correctly and that’s some thing that very much lacks in government thinking.

http://mises.org/Services/MediaEmbed.aspx?MediaId=427

THIS GUY MAKES A GOOD POINT
This was written by a construction worker in Fort MacMurray- he sure makes a lot of sense.

I work, they pay me. I pay my taxes and the government distributes my taxes as it sees fit. In order to earn that pay cheque, I work on a rig site for a Fort Mac construction project. I am required to pass a random urine test, with which I have no problem.
What I do have a problem with is the distribution of my taxes to people who don’t have to pass a urine test. Shouldn’t one have to pass a urine test to get a welfare cheque because I have to pass one to earn it for them?
Please understand that I have no problem with helping people get back on their feet. I do on the other hand have a problem with helping someone sit on their ass drinking beer and smoking dope.
Could you imagine how much money the provinces would save if people had to pass a urine test to get a public assistance cheque?