Contents
FOREWORD by Paul Gottfried
INTRODUCTION by Thomas J. DiLorenzo
POLITICS
1. Politics Drops Its Pretenses
2. What We Lost On September 11
3. PC Is About Control, Not Etiquette
4. Intergenerational Conflict Will Get Worse
5. The Wrong Elites
6. We Don’t Believe You
7. The Privilege of Politics
SECESSION AND DECENTRALIZATION
8. Self-determination, Not Universalism, Is the Goal
9. Democracy, the God That’s Failing
Last week, two federal government entities produced financial reports. The Treasury Department issued the latest annual (FY2022) Financial Report of the United States Government (FRUSG), and the Federal Reserve Board of Governors issued its weekly H.4.1 report on the financial condition of the Federal Reserve Banks. These reports deserve closer scrutiny by citizens and taxpayers.
On February 16, 2023, President Joe Biden issued his second executive order to strengthen equity within federal agencies. Among other things, it ordered them to install equity officers and implement action plans with the superficial aim of making it easier for “underserved communities” to access federal resources.
