On July 12, 2010, Dr. Stan Monteith featured a discussion on illegal immigration and mentioned Canada’s temporary worker program for agricultural workers from Mexico and Latin America, like the system the U.S. had back in the 1960s. Minimum wage is now $10.25 an hour in Canada’s largest province, Ontario, where most of the workers work, [...]
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Paying agricultural workers minimum wage would be uncompetitive? Not in Canada
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Canada, United States, Mexico, Ontario, The Heritage Foundation, Australia, minimum wage, Dr. Stan Monteith, uncompetitive, temporary worker on July 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The most free societies sow the seeds of their own destruction?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2009, 2004, Michael Badnarik, economic prosperity, Stefan Molyneux, presidential candidate, debate, Libertarian Party, political freedom, voluntaryism on July 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
In this 2009 debate with 2004 Libertarian Party presidential candidate Michael Badnarik, Stefan Molyneux, an advocate of voluntaryism, made a statement that I find very worthy of further examination. Namely, that the most free societies produce such prosperity that they become the most tyrannical. His argument is that immense political and economic freedom bring extraordinary economic [...]
Google now offers encrypted searches
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged encrypted searches, Google, government requests, startpage.com on July 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Google now offers encrypted searches through https://encrypted.google.com. Now only Google can know all your searches. That is, aside from government requests, as can be found with their tool here. For no archiving of your searches and identifying information, use a search engine like startpage.com.
Gary North claims gold coins produced by U.S. and Canada aren’t money, despite being legal tender
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged American Eagle gold coins, Canada, Canada Maple Leaf gold coins, Canadian Mint, Gary North, investment, legal tender, LewRockwell.com, May 28 2008, money, U.S. Mint, United States on July 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I came across this May 28, 2008 article by Gary North on LewRockwell.com, where he claims gold coins produced by U.S. and Canada aren’t money. “This is what monetary policy is in the United States and Canada. Both nations produce gold coins. They are not really coins. They are not counted in the money supply. [...]
