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A green revolution?

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A recent post by Fausty reminded me that I’d written this a while back, so… enjoy. As many people have observed one of the best ways for an individual to very quietly combat the creeping power of the state is to “starve the beast”, don’t give it any money you don’t have to. Now this doesn’t need to mean doing anything illegal, in fact you could even say you’re just following their advice. Follow the example of those early radicals pictured at the top of this article and grow your own, and if you can’t do that just spend less … Continue reading →

Massive yacht?

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As the idea of the replacing the Queens 44 year old yacht as a present for her diamond jubilee seems to continue to be a matter of debate amongst my friends I find myself wondering a few things. The first is does she actually want a new yacht of any sort, or would this be like getting a very expensive knitted sweater from your granny that will never see the light of day? Though of course as the video above observes who wouldn’t want a massive yacht? The thing I’d be more doubtful about is who’d organize the fund raising, … Continue reading →

Taxes and trade

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With economics so to the fore front and the idea that the way to solve the problem is to tax the rich more, or maybe tax the “banks” on every thing they do I thought maybe it was time to dig through the pile of open tabs to try and pull together a few thoughts. So do forgive the incoherence as I’m trying to work this all out for myself. As I may have mentioned before I really don’t get this whole economics stuff, as clever people assure me that it all works very differently for countries and large companies … Continue reading →