icon for podpress  Episode-384- Listener Feedback for 2-23-10 [55:15m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Today we make up for skipping yesterday’s listener feedback show.  Today we have questions about gun rights, taxation, socialism, fascist economics, cutting down trees, survival gardening, permaculture, bug out bags for kids and more.

Join me today as I answer the following questions…

  • Is socialism necessary for “much needed progress”
  • If you need a license to drive why not a license to own a gun
  • Do we need taxes for some things, how much do we actually need
  • What is the real role of government in the U.S.
  • How does the US actually fund “socialized medicine” around the world
  • Should kids have their own BOBs and where should they be stored
  • What plants can you plant at a BOL when you are not able to be there often
  • Thoughts on the need for backing up your data
  • How to balance removing existing non productive trees with out cutting to many
  • How often should you change out ammo in your carry gun
  • What are some rules for keeping your carry gun functional

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icon for podpress  Can Socialism and Liberty Coexist? - Understanding Socialist Tendencies [27:42m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

How could something like liberty coexist with socialism?  Personally I believe if enforced and mandated by the state it can’t.  Yet a recent commenter on one of my podcasts who is an admitted socialist from Canada got me asking the question…

If socialism is so bad, why do billions of people across the globe choose it?

The answer is something I think we need to consider as we unfortunately watch the U.S. slip further into the socialist world.

  • Is it possible that humans are socialist at heart?
  • Is socialism is useful and even good on some levels?
  • Can any form of liberty coexist with any form of socialism?
  • Where Native Americans socialists and did it work well for them?
  • Is there such a thing as “private sector socialism?
  • Are Amish, Mennonite and similar societies micro socialist societies?
  • What can a kindergarten classroom teach us about socialism?

Don’t worry I am still a Libertarian and I am totally opposed to Socialism yet these questions provoke some very interesting thoughts.