When government taxes and regulates, what is seen are the visible effects of government contracts, grants, and subsidies. What is not seen are all of the property, business, and jobs that would have been created if citizens were left with… — John Pugsley Copy Share Image
Any time you read that your government is erecting tariff barriers, supporting threatened industries with subsidies, or interfering in any way with free trade between individuals or nations, you must realize that your standard of living is being lowered as… — John Pugsley Copy Share Image
Size of industry, concentration of market, or production notwithstanding, the consumer is best served when the businessman is completely free to pursue his profit… — John Pugsley Copy Share Image
The consumer gets the best deal when the product is cheapest, and the product is cheapest when people can freely compete in the market… — John Pugsley Copy Share Image
When government taxes and regulates, what is seen are the visible effects of government contracts, grants, and subsidies. What is not seen are all… — John Pugsley Copy Share Image
Peace and prosperity are inversely proportional to the level of taxation. — John Pugsley Copy Share Image
Pugsley's First Law of Government: All government programs accomplish the opposite of what they are designed to achieve. — John Pugsley Copy Share Image
...human beings always have and always will seek havens where we are free to be productive and to keep the property we create. — John Pugsley Copy Share Image
In Sherman's famous march through Georgia, his soldiers left a swath of death and destruction, destroying crops, burning homes and killing civilians. Sherman himself… — John Pugsley Copy Share Image
Any time you read that your government is erecting tariff barriers, supporting threatened industries with subsidies, or interfering in any way with free trade… — John Pugsley Copy Share Image
Governments steal from citizens through taxes and through the subterfuge of monetizing their own IOUs. — John Pugsley Copy Share Image
Only in situations where competition is illegal will competition not act naturally to bring the best product at the lowest price to the consumer. — John Pugsley Copy Share Image
All of political history history can be summed up as a struggle to throw the bad guys out and put the good guys in. — John Pugsley Copy Share Image
Monopoly power is an illusion in any system in which free competition is allowed. — John Pugsley Copy Share Image
