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It is Absurd


Steve Consilvio
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 It is absurd for the government to create a currency for the citizens, and then to demand it back from the citizens, when the only source for the currency is the government itself! 

It is absurd that people work 30 years to own a piece of land that has existed for billions of years.

It is absurd that sheriff’s evict tenants to protect mortgage companies.

It is absurd that bankers pay a depositor interest and then lend the money to the depositor’s neighbor for interest.

It is absurd to think that the people can be free when power is centralized and remote, which is what federalism offers.

It is absurd to think that competition is a form of cooperation.

It is absurd to think that war can serve a noble purpose.

It is absurd to think that profit and interest are not related to debt and inflation.

It is absurd that universities beg like a pauper while hoarding millions and billions of dollars.

It is absurd to think that humans cause global warming, when both ice ages and warming have occurred before humans existed.

It is absurd to think that philanthropy can solve poverty.

It is absurd to think that unions help the worker without harming the consumer.

It is absurd to think that building a casino is the way to build a road.

It is absurd to think that walking in circles will cure anything, except walking in a straight line.

It is absurd that men try to serve two masters.

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