Category Archives: Government

Democracy: in business of plundering

Jewellers say non-branded gold to cost more Zee News – Mar 19, 2012 In the 2012-13 Budget, the government proposed to levy 1 percent excise duty on non-branded gold jewellery too besides doubling import duty on gold to 4 percent.

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Responsible Parenting

China to soften its one-child policy slogans, but not the law itself Yahoo! News – ERIC PFEIFFER, The Sideshow – Mar 1, 2012 The Chinese government isn’t getting rid of its one-child policy currently in place. It’s just making it … more

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Accounting for tax dollars

Thanks For Paying Taxes. Here’s A Receipt. NPR – JACOB GOLDSTEIN – Sep 30, 2010 Taxpayers should get a receipt so they know what they’re paying for, a think tank called Third Way argues in a new paper.

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Hogs and dogs, lions and tigers

What if it’s about them? Youtube – Judge Napolitano, Fox News Freedom Watch – Feb 13, 2012 “What if what we call public opinion is just a manufactured narrative that makes it easier to convince people that if their views … more

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