Pyramid Power

If you want to find all the cops
They're hanging out in the donut shop
They sing and dance
Spin their clubs, cruise down the block
--The Bangles

The judge reinforces our recent observation that Rick Perry's Ponzi label for Social Security is an accurate one.

The judge deftly observes that Social Security is worse than a Ponzi scheme since people can voluntarily leave Ponzis but not SS. Indeed, it can be construed that SS is not merely a fraud but outright theft or even slavery.

In a free society, the government cannot rightfully be authorized to do something that individuals cannot do themselves. Thus, the government cannot rightfully take property from individuals since individuals cannot rightfully do that to each other.

Judge N's simple example:

Someone knocks at your door. You open it to find a man pointing a gun at you. He says, "Give me your money, I want to give it to the poor."

You rush to the phone to call the police.

You find out that...he is the police. He is here to collect your tax dollars under penalty of force.