The last few months have been stressful and frustrating as a conservative American. Actually, the previous three years have been challenging for anyone who loves this country and is angered by Joe Biden. He and the Democrats continue to make bad decisions that are turning every aspect of American Life to mush.

Whether the economy, division, foreign policy debacles, or the utter destruction of our sovereignty, no component of American life is better than three years ago. I have been writing articles daily documenting my assessment of our country’s direction for the last 1,100 days. Being constantly tuned into the news cycle can be a blessing and a curse. It is my choice, and I am not looking for sympathy, but Saturday night was a relief from the tedium.

We gathered eight friends, and the ten of us enjoyed a wonderful dinner and a night of live music. We went to the Casino Ballroom on Hampton Beach, an iconic entertainment venue, and took a step back in time. We listened to the tight sounds of Voyage, a Journey cover band that had the packed house singing and dancing for a couple of hours. The night was a much-needed respite, letting us forget the reality of life for a few hours. The beat of the drums and the lively licks on the lead guitar replaced the sights and sounds of artillery shells hitting their targets in Gaza and the drone of Joe Biden telling us how much more of our money he needs to give to Ukraine, Israel, or Gaza. The excitement and friendship of the night were a welcome break from the sad story perpetrated on the American people by the Biden Administration.

I shake my head in disbelief at the 20% of the population who think we are in a better place today than three years ago. Ignorance or blind faith? You tell me what these people are thinking. They certainly are not living in reality. Ask the majority of people, and they will give you their reasons why this train is on the wrong track. The reasons are endless and discouraging. How can we take power and prosperity and turn it so quickly into soured milk? That is Joe Biden’s singular accomplishment and why his legacy will be of a failed political life and Presidency.

So we took a break on Saturday night. It’s ironic the band was covering the music of Journey, for that is what we are sharing. Looking out on the filled room and watching the unbridled enthusiasm was refreshing and exhilarating. The beat of the music and singing of the crowd was recharging, but then my mind drifted back to a similar scene a couple of weeks ago, halfway around the world. Those hundreds gathered to relax and enjoy the music as one had no idea that evil beings were lurking who wanted them all dead. How can harmony and pure evil coexist? It cannot, and that is why good people must finally turn the table and eradicate those who have no place in their hearts for love as they are filled with anger and hate. Hopefully, the thousands around the world who are protesting for the side of evil will be enlightened. We must show them they are wrong. That is our mission. That is our journey. Saturday night, we had music. Sunday morning, we returned to reality.

 

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Seemingly coming out of nowhere was the song “Rich Men North of Richmond” by singer-songwriter Oliver Anthony. Overnight, the laments of one man from Appalachia over the state of the American economy and government spread like wildfire.

In “Rich Men North of Richmond,” Anthony decries the declining value of the US dollar, the lack of accountability for those on Jeffrey Epstein’s client list, and the use of taxpayer dollars to fund obesity through food stamps amidst high taxation. Whilst one could deconstruct the individual issues pointed at by Anthony, it can best be understood by the song title and the chorus:

Livin’ in the new world
With an old soul
These rich men north of Richmond
Lord knows they all just wanna have total control
Wanna know what you think, wanna know what you do
And they don’t think you know, but I know that you do
‘Cause your dollar ain’t shit and it’s taxed to no end
‘Cause of rich men north of Richmond

The song is a lament about the poor state of America at the hands of these “rich men north of Richmond.” These men, of course, are none other than the politicians and bureaucrats of Washington, DC. Any libertarian worth their salt can both empathize and sympathize with the message. Government bureaucrats and politicians have racked up $32 trillion of debt (not including unfunded liabilities), have become involved in at least seven foreign wars since September 11, 2001, and devalued the dollar by more than 90 percent since 1913. It has hardly been easy to be in the working class since the advent of progressivism.

The explosion of Anthony’s song is a fitting time to discuss libertarian class theory, which provides insight into the very problems of these “rich men” and how they have led to the plundering of productive citizenry.

The first proper articulation of libertarian class theory is in Murray Rothbard’s book For a New Liberty, where he applies the theory of John C. Calhoun. This theory is that of the most basic conflict because of government: between those who are net “taxpayers” and those who are net “tax receivers.” The net taxpayers are, of course, those who are expropriated through taxation. They are the productive ranks of society who fall victim to the contradictorily named “progressive income tax.” They are those who receive less in benefit than they pay into the system.

The other side to this class distinction are the net “tax receivers” or “tax recipients.” These are those who generate their income from the state taxation apparatus: the politicians, the bureaucrats, government contractors, and propaganda class. These are the corporations that not only build and maintain the road apparatus but also the dreaded military-industrial complex and other various industries.

The university system, feeding off subsidies through federal student loans, would be another such industry. These industries survive not through a marketplace of free exchange but through government handouts. Politicians might be the most easily identifiable member of this class, taking not only a salary but also other benefits that come with controlling the monopoly on violence.

The tax recipient class is not the product of voluntary exchange, nor is it providing value to consumers; it is the parasite on the productive class of society. What the productive class provides to the average man, the parasitic class, takes through violence. It does not need to provide value to the average man nor is it receptive to the market price system—it is accountable only to the voting populace after years of its parasitism. This parasitic class provides no value, only extracting it from the better members of society.

Anthony’s “rich men” are this parasitic class. The parasitic class taxes every dollar Americans spend, receive and save. The parasitic class has overseen the dollar’s collapse in value. The parasitic class has expanded in its control of American life. The parasitic class does what every parasite does to its host: it drains it closer and closer to death. The struggles of Americans can be laid at the foot of Washington, DC. It has drained every productive force of society and has done so through taxation, borrowing, and inflation.

Even when no longer in office, the parasite class continues to feed the politicians. Thus enters the sect of the parasite class dubbed by Rothbard as “intellectuals,” though one could hardly claim many of them possess true intelligence. One section of Rothbard’s Anatomy of the State, titled “How the State Preserves Itself,” describes the intellectual sect:

For this essential acceptance, the majority must be persuaded by ideology that their government is good, wise and, at least, inevitable, and certainly better than other conceivable alternatives. Promoting this ideology among the people is the vital social task of the “intellectuals.” For the masses of men do not create their own ideas, or indeed think through these ideas independently; they follow passively the ideas adopted and disseminated by the body of intellectuals. The intellectuals are, therefore, the “opinion-molders” in society. And since it is precisely a molding of opinion that the State most desperately needs, the basis for age-old alliance between the State and the intellectuals becomes clear.

One institution of these so-called intellectuals are DC think tanks. These institutions pass themselves off as policymaking prescribers. They claim to adhere to certain principles that guide their prescriptions. But universities and think tanks often act as revolving doors for the political class. Look only to the failures of Anthony Fauci, who was offered a teaching position at Georgetown, or Lori Lightfoot, who became employed by Harvard University. Joe Biden, the current president, was gifted a center at the University of Pennsylvania and a salary of $900,000 per year. Biden did not teach nor assist as faculty; his only utility was association with the university. Even the greatest failures and most despotic of policymakers are fed by the system when they leave the policymaking life.

Out of the fifteen richest counties in the United States, five of them are in Virginia or Maryland surrounding DC. These are not counties that produce large amounts of consumer or higher-ordered goods. These are counties stuffed full of political elites, think tanks, bureaucrats, and military-industrial complex CEOs. These are not productive areas; they are areas that house parasites who feed off average Americans.

Americans lost $10 trillion of wealth during the 2008 financial crisis, which was the fault of the Federal Reserve. To the average American, things are not seeming to get better. Even today, inflation still rages at the official reading of 3.7 percent, making the cost of living higher than ever. The money of the CARES Act didn’t go only to Americans—it went to large corporations that needed to be bailed out.

The United States government sits as the perfect example of the Rothbardian-Calhoun class theory. The political “elites” that sit “north of Richmond” have taken the value created by Americans to line their own pockets. Through every mean, whether that be inflation or blatant taxation, the parasitic class has benefited to the detriment of all Americans.

Oliver Anthony is correct. The “rich men north of Richmond” are indeed hurting the common man. And Godspeed to his message of waking up many Americans to that fact.

 

David Brady is a Catholic libertarian and economics and finance undergraduate student at Florida Southern College. He is a co-host of the “Econphonics” podcast and a Mises Apprentice.

 

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Notice and Demand NH DCYF to Follow Due Process of Law – Legal Notice and Warning.  To: Lori Weaver, Commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, Representative Leah Cushman.

From: Cc: Representatives Emily Phillips, Mike Belcher, Kelley Potenza, JR Hoell, Lisa Mazur, Jake Brouillard, Riche Colcombe, John Sellers

_______________________

Notice to agent is Notice to Principal and Notice to Principal is Notice to Agent

I,  First and Last Name , one of the people, as seen in New Hampshire Constitution Bill of Rights Articles 1, 2, 7, 8, 10, 12, 32, and 38, Sui Juris, am serving you with due notice; so that you, Lori Weaver, as Commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (NH DHHS), in charge of New Hampshire Division for Children, Youth and Families (NH DCYF), and Representative Leah Cushman, as agents of the people, may provide due care, remember your fiduciary duty as an Agent of The People, which binds you, and immediately acknowledge the following constitutional facts and redress the following grievance;

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Take notice that by accepting paychecks and assuming the duties to become a public trust officer, it is your fiduciary duty to protect the liberty interests of the People. By accepting the office, you agree to become a Trustee and Agent of the People as seen in NH Const. Pt. 1 Art. 8;

New Hampshire Constitution Part 1 Article 8. [Accountability of Magistrates and Officers; Public’s Right to Know.] All power residing originally in, and being derived from, the people, all the magistrates and officers of government are their substitutes and agents, and at all times accountable to them;

Take notice that New Hampshire DCYF personnel have been and are continuing to operate outside of the terms of the agreement found within the Express Trust Indenture known as the New Hampshire State Constitution. In an “Express Trust Indenture,” only what is expressly written is granted authority, and what is not expressly written is forbidden. As an officer and agent of the People, you are bound by fiduciary duties to adhere to the expressly delegated grants of authority issued in the NH Constitution. (See evidence below);

Maxim of Law: QUOD SUB CERTA FORMA CONCESSUM VEL RESERVATUM EST NON TRAHITUR AD VALOREM VEL COMPENSATION. That which is granted or reserved under a certain form is not [permitted to be] drawn into valuation or compensation. Bac.Max. 26, reg. 4. That which is granted or reserved in a certain specified form must be taken as it is granted, and will not be permitted to be made the subject of any adjustment or compensation on the part of the grantee. Ex parte Miller, 2 Hill (N.Y.) 423;

Take notice, Representative Leah Cushman, that I wish for you to show where in the New Hampshire Constitution Legislature has an expressly written grant of authority to form an entity that takes children from families without using constitutional due process;

Take notice that the People have Common Law private rights protected from any compelling public interest the government may claim it has to take children, especially when the government has no first-hand witness sworn affidavits of a trespass by one of the people toward another one of the people. Furthermore, the entity known as DCYF is a creature of the legislature and operates by legislative statutes. There is no jurisdiction for statutory entities to utilize legislatively enacted statutes, to terminate Common Law Rights belonging to any One of The People. Black’s Law 5th Edition defines Common Law as being distinguished from law made by legislative enactment. So a legislative creature by the name of DCYF, moving on the jurisdiction of Legislatively enacted statutes, operating courts that are not independent of the legislature and therefore by definition are not independent courts of record, are collaborating to usurp jurisdiction not belonging to them, to terminate Common Law rights of parents to maintain custody of their own children. Government cannot summarily change the status of one of the people from being one of the people, to other statutory statuses such as obligor, non-custodial parent, terminated parent, etc., without constitutional due process trial by jury, in order to gain jurisdiction in an attempt to bypass the people’s Common Law Private Rights;

Take notice that legal form must be followed; that the NH Constitution is the highest form of law in NH and that its provisions are mandatory (See Mason’s Manual Chapter 2 Section 7 paragraph 1). All laws created by government agents must be in pursuance to the Constitution as stated in NH Const. Pt. 2 Art. 5, no law is permissible that is repugnant or contrary to the Constitution; all rights are reserved to the People; all public officials have a duty to follow the law as seen in the New Hampshire Constitution, whether they swore oath to uphold it, or accepted the trust by way of implied contract; (See evidence below);

Maxim of Law: FORMA LEGALIS FORMA ESSENTIALIS. Legal form is essential form. 10 Coke, 100;

Take notice that when a person becomes an agent of one of the People, it becomes a presumption of law that the agent assents to all the terms of the contract. It is also a presumption of law that an Agent who does not perform the lawful instruction of their Principal, the People, is in breach of Trust unless clear written evidence can overcome that presumption. You are an Agent and Trustee of the People, and your acceptance of office confirms your assent to accept the terms of the trust indenture known as the NH Constitution. (See evidence below);

Maxim of Law: An agent is a person authorized by another to act on his account and under his control. Wasilowski v. Park Bridge Corp., 156 F.2d 612, 614;

Take notice that in every case where the rights of any one of the People are trespassed, “a capacity [exists] residing in one man of controlling, with the assent and assistance of the state, the actions of others.” Holl. Jur. 69. (Blks. Law, 4th Ed. p. 1486) The term “right,” in civil society, is defined to mean that which a man is entitled to have, or to do, or to receive from others within the limits prescribed by law. Atehison & N. R. Co. v. Baty, 6 Neb. 40, 29 Am.Rep. 356. (Blks. Law, 4th Ed. p. 1487);

CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT. A right guaranteed to the citizens by the Constitution and so guaranteed as to prevent legislative interference therewith. Delaney v. Plunkett, 146 Ga. 547, 91 S.E. 561, 567, L.R.A.1917D, 926, Ann.Cas.1917E, 685;

New Hampshire Constitution Part 1 Article 2 [Natural Rights.] All men have certain natural, essential, and inherent rights among which are, the enjoying and defending life and liberty; acquiring, possessing, and protecting, property; and, in a word, of seeking and obtaining happiness. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by this state on account of race, creed, color, sex or national origin;

PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. As used in constitutional law, this right includes personal freedom, freedom of contract, exemption from oppression or invidious discrimination, the right to follow one’s individual preference in the choice of an occupation and the application of his energies, liberty of conscience, and the right to enjoy the domestic relations and the privileges of the family and the home. Black, Const. Law (3d Ed.) p. 544. Butchers’ Union, etc., Co. v. Crescent City Live Stock, etc., Co., 111 U.S. 746, 4 S.Ct. 652, 28 L.Ed. 585;

Maxim of Law: JURA SANGUINIS NULLO JURE CIVIL! DIRMEI POSSUNT. The right of blood and kindred cannot be destroyed by any civil law. Dig. 50, 17, 9; Bac.Max. reg. 11; Broom, Max. 533; Jackson v. Phillips, 14 Allen (Mass.) 562;

Take notice that it has been made completely clear in section 1101 (6)(d) of the 1935 Social Security Act that there was never an original intent for the Legislature to grant authority to take children against the parents’ objections. (See evidence below):

1935 Social Security Act 1101 (6)(d) [Original Intent of Legislature]
(d) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as authorizing any Federal official, agent, or representative, in carrying out any of the provisions of this Act, to take charge of any child over the objection of either of the parents of such child, or of the person standing in loco parentis to such child. [Emphasis by Highlight Added];

Take notice that DCYF has no authority to interfere with the liberty interest of the People they swore to protect. The People have assembled and now realize and know that government actors have been coming together and using Federal Title 42 programs (non-positive law), and legislative tribunals (not courts of record) to take children from parents unlawfully, without due process of law. This creates a conflict of interest, when our State Trustees who have a fiduciary duty to protect our life, liberty, property, and pursuit of happiness, are accepting federal funds in exchange for taking people’s children from them. This is a clear breach of trust and breach of contract. Children are the private liberty interest of their parents and no government agent or officer has any authority to remove a child from the custody of the parent(s) without proper constitutional due process, to wit, a trial by jury in a judicial court of record. For a public official to remove a child from the home without due process is a public interference of the private liberty interests of the People and is a trespass; harming the people by depriving inalienable rights is an irreparable injury;

Maxim of Law: He does what is contrary to the law who does what the law prohibits; he acts in fraud of the law who, the letter of the law being inviolate, uses the law contrary to its intention. Dig. 1,3, 29;

Maxim of Law: JUS EST NORMA RECTI; ET QUICQUID EST CONTRA NORMAM RECTI EST INJURIA. Law is a rule of right; and whatever is contrary to the rule of right is an injury. 3 Bulst. 313.

Take notice that you, Lori Weaver, are instructed to immediately and openly declare that DCFS is engaged in the unlawful acts of using federal government money and nonjudicial, legislative tribunals, to infringe upon the rights of parents, by taking their children using courts not of record, without constitutional due process. You are further instructed to immediately issue a cease and desist order to all NH DCYF personnel to preclude them from unlawfully removing children from the custody of their parents without constitutional due process of law;

Take notice that in the event Lori Weaver ignores this notice or fails to respond to this lawful instruction, by showing where she has constitutional authority, via sworn affidavit, to use federal tax money through Title 42 programs which are non-positive law, and authority to remove children from the custody of their parents without due process, and to use non-judicial tribunals to infringe on the rights of parents without constitutional due process, then NH Representative Leah Cushman is hereby instructed to form a special committee to investigate NH DCYF and Lori Weaver for all of the above-mentioned trespasses on the People’s constitutional rights. Prior to the investigation, Rep. Cushman is instructed to make a public notice to invite all people in NH to remit affidavits attesting to any trespass by NH DCYF;

Please take final notice: As Trustees and Servants of the People, if you believe these statements to be untrue, or if you believe that you have the authority to disregard the form of law and trample the inherent rights of the People by refusing to follow the demands in this notice, then you must respond by affidavit, point by point, sworn under penalty of perjury, showing what constitutional authority you have as an agent of the People to disobey these demands. If you fail to show clear grants of constitutional authority from within the New Hampshire Constitution and do not then proceed to halt all further taking of children by DCYF without constitutional due process, then your actions are a trespass against the People with full knowledge, intent, and malice. Any disputes by any public officials bound by contract to the New Hampshire Constitution agree to have these matters heard before an Arbitrator of my choice and to be bound thereby, and agree that no court will be able to rehear this matter. All responses must be submitted by affidavit, point by point, sworn under penalty of perjury within fourteen (14) days of receiving this notice, or you agree, by acquiescence, that all statements in this notice are true and fact. Further, you agree that you are acting with full intent, knowledge, and malice by trespassing against the People and that this notice shall stand as evidence, truth, and law in all courts of record. Whether you plan to comply with the demands of this notice or to rebut them, please send your correspondence to the physical mailing address of New Hampshire House Representative Leah Cushman.

Virginia Constitution Article 1 Section 15 Qualities Necessary to Preservation of Free Government
“That no free government, nor the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue; by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles; and by the recognition by all citizens that they have duties as well as rights, and that such rights cannot be enjoyed save in a society where law is respected and due process is observed.”
This notice is sent to you in peace and with the love of Christ so that you may provide due care to those who have all political power, the People.

Any man or woman who decides to suppress this notice agrees to pay due regard of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per infraction.

 

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Do you remember Sun-King Sununu’s reaction when Derek Chauvin was convicted of murdering George Floyd? He celebrated the conviction and called it justice:

 

 

But there was NO EVIDENCE … never mind “overwhelming evidence” … that Chauvin killed Floyd. Rather, the evidence showed that Floyd died at his own hand from a drug overdose:

 

Derek Chauvin did not murder George Floyd pic.twitter.com/aZj4yDrfuG

— Jack Poso (@JackPosobiec) October 20, 2023

Ep. 32 You’ll be shocked to learn this, but it turns out the whole George Floyd story was a lie. pic.twitter.com/4vDXBStHf5

— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) October 20, 2023

What Derek Chauvin was guilty of was having the wrong skin color. His conviction and sentencing were an act of racial atonement, of racial sacrifice. And according to Chris Sununu … that is “justice.”

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Rachel Alexander, The Star News Network Favorito said he found that counties had destroyed 1.7 million ballot images in violation of the law, and the surveillance video of drop boxes for 181,000 ballots was deleted, violating the law. The election... Tom Bowler

Ep. 32 You’ll be shocked to learn this, but it turns out the whole George Floyd story was a lie. pic.twitter.com/4vDXBStHf5 — Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) October 20, 2023 Tom Bowler