When Plunder Becomes A Way

Countries Which Enjoy The Highest Level Of Peace, Happiness And Prosperity Are The Ones Where The Law Least Interfered With Private Affairs.

They Will Come To Learn In The End, At Their Own Expense, That It Is Better To Endure Competition For Rich Customers Than To Be Invested With Monopoly Over Impoverished Customers.

Now, Legal Plunder Can Be Committed In An Infinite Number Of Ways. Thus We Have An Infinite Number Of Plans For Organizing It: Tariffs, Protection, Benefits, Subsidies, Encouragements, Progressive Taxation, Public Schools, Guaranteed Jobs, Guaranteed Profits, Minimum Wages, A Right To Relief, A Right To The Tools Of Labor, Free Credit, And So On, And So On.

It's Always Tempting To Do Good At Someone Else's Expense

There Is In All Of A Strong Disposition To Believe That Anything Lawful Is Also Legitimate. This Belief Is So Widespread That Many Persons Have Erroneously Held That Things Are "just" Because The Law Makes Them So.