Joel Gross's Blog

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45614148

Some people see this as comedic, but government bureaucrats and politicians have always had a sucking desire for control over our lives. They will keep pushing until all of us are in strait jackets living in a nightmare.

We must resist and do everything we can to shrink government power and grow our personal rights and freedoms.

Government bureaucracy and standing armies are antithetical to freedom, and to winning wars. Wait to build weapons till they are needed or you just will build weapons to fight the last war.

The free market has been the single most beneficial invention mankind has ever had as it has enabled most of the rest of the innovations. Free speech, freedom of association, and individual rights over government power that is the hallmark of true democracy is what makes life good for most people. We should defend all of these freedoms by shrinking governments and their encroachment on our lives.… read more “Free markets and democracy”

These stories get up voted on HN because we all dream of getting something for nothing. But the problem is that if we all get something for nothing, no one is left to make anything and we all end up with nothing. Resist the siren appeal of easy outs and work hard and build what you want.

I was fortunate enough to get a buck today and my friends helped me get it butchered and put in the fridge by dark!

Socialism always collapses into authoritarianism. Socialism sounds nice in theory.. “Everyone will work and contribute and get fair rewards!”, but then a few people don’t work and still get rewards. Other people see that and they quit working too. It spreads like a cancer until few people are working and there is no way to eat or get goods.… read more “Socialism”

The far left site Reddit had a post recently go viral in which a young woman complains about farmers being predominantly Republican and says America should not support farmers. She claims that people in cities subsidize farmers. These are claims the far left has been making for awhile now.

I own a good sized service company that is based in cities, as well as a smaller farm that is rural.… read more “Farming vs Service Businesses”

Wonderful news! A record high number of Americans now say the government has too much power – 62%. Hopefully this three-fifths supermajority will result in dramatic reductions to government power and corruption –

https://news.gallup.com/poll/696191/record-high-say-government-power.aspx

https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/fascism-cant-mean-both-a-specific