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Will the United States Collapse or Decentralize?

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, Version 4.0 Posted on June 24, 2011 by Gordon AndersonJune 24, 2011

I wonder whether the United States will act like a big bubble with its elites clinging to power and collapse like the Roman Empire, or eventually rise to the challenge and transform itself, decentralizing and seeking constructive social solutions like … Continue reading →

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Fixing Washington Requires an End to PAC and Corporate Donations

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, Version 4.0 Posted on May 28, 2011 by Gordon AndersonMay 28, 2011

Ending PAC and Corporate donations to political parties and election campaigns is the first step to solving Washington’s problems and returning the government to the people. Candidates from both political parties agree that “Washington is broken.” At left is an … Continue reading →

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Why Christians Should Oppose a Government Definition of Marriage

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, Version 4.0 Posted on May 16, 2011 by Gordon AndersonMay 16, 2011

Social conservatives have been put on the defensive by gay activists who have been getting laws passed that support homosexual marriages. They have reacted by promoting laws and constitutional amendments in the states and the federal government that would define … Continue reading →

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The High Road Response to the Death of Osama bin Laden

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, Version 4.0 Posted on May 2, 2011 by Gordon AndersonMay 2, 2011

I am not surprised at the jubilation in response to the death of Osama bin Laden, yet I believe, a more wise and mature response would not be to cheer or gloat over the defeat of an enemy, but only … Continue reading →

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Corporate Taxes, Mass Envy, and Economic Justice

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, Version 4.0 Posted on April 13, 2011 by Gordon AndersonApril 13, 2011

In recent days it has been popular to attack General Electric Corporation for not paying any corporate taxes on the $14.2 billion in profits it made last year, $5.1 billion of which was made in the U.S. When the country … Continue reading →

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Growing Patent Abuse by Corporations: Seed extinction and bio-piracy

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, Version 4.0 Posted on March 29, 2011 by Gordon AndersonMarch 29, 2011

Some large corporations are now using patents to gain monopoly control of products that have been used by traditional societies for hundreds of years. These patent abuses are particularly alarming in the areas of medicine and food, the things necessary … Continue reading →

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The Smaller the Government, the Greater the Representation

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, Version 4.0 Posted on March 25, 2011 by Gordon AndersonMarch 25, 2011

The truism “The Smaller the Government, the Greater the Representation” is going to be difficult to implement in Egypt, Tunisia, and elsewhere as the world clamors for democracy. For, the model they look up to, the United States, has largely … Continue reading →

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Seven Moral Reasons Governments Should Not Borrow Money

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, Version 4.0 Posted on March 16, 2011 by Gordon AndersonMarch 16, 2011

As we watch the out-of-control debt rise in the United States, it is worth thinking about whether it is wise, or even moral, for a government to borrow money. I will argue that, in most cases, it is immoral. Borrowing … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a Government-Caused Bubble

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, Version 4.0 Posted on March 4, 2011 by Gordon AndersonMarch 4, 2011

Cybernetics is a simple way to analyze systems of any type, and can be used to graphically display government tinkering with normally stable social systems. The black box is the simplest way to describe inputs, outputs and feedback without having … Continue reading →

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Ending U.S. Pension Fund Bubbles

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, Version 4.0 Posted on February 19, 2011 by Gordon AndersonFebruary 19, 2011

There is a long history of economic bubbles in the United States going back to the Mississippi bubble in the 18th century. Bubbles are caused by speculation in which people grow wealthy by some scheme in which later comers to … Continue reading →

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