The Democrats’ Opposition to the Electoral College Reveals Their Distaste for Real Democracy | Mises Institute

That didn’t take long. Now that the Democrats hold a majority in the House of Representatives, Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen (Tenn.) introduced a constitutional amendment to abolish the electoral college. Cohen surely doesn’t expect the bills to pass. But now that the Democrats have the Speakers’ chair and committee chairmanships, Cohen can now get more political milage out of
— Read on mises.org/power-market/democrats-opposition-electoral-college-reveals-their-distaste-real-democracy

They want to rule from their ideological ivory towers.

Cancelling Euros | Armstrong Economics

QUESTION: Dear Martin, you are very right that govs intend to terminate high denomination euros. In Germany it has been impossible to pay cash with a €500 note for quite some time now – at least at most of the shops I usually go to on a weekly basis. At the end of last year they exchanged the ATMs in my house bank, so now €500 bills aren´t dispensed any more. It seems to me the gov is going to cancel these notes completely, i.e. withdraw them from circulation. What would you advise to people holding €500 notes at home? Thank you very much in advance. EZ ANSWER: There will be a cancellation of the €500. That is the rumor behind the curtain. I would convert them as soon as possible to small bills and/or US dollars. There remains a distinct possibility that we will see Europe try to cancel its currency and take up the IMF’ proposal to move toward a cryptocurrency. They are desperate for taxes and they will raise taxes even further. As far as cash is concerned, as we move into 2020, it is time to make changes. Keep in mind that the United States has never canceled its currency. That is a common occurrence outside of the USA. More than 40% of the physical paper dollars circulate outside the USA. It will be a political difficulty to cancel the dollar. It will take a major economic crisis. The USA will be the last to do such a thing.
— Read on www.armstrongeconomics.com/markets-by-sector/foreign-exchange/euro/cancelling-euros/

They wage war on cash for many reasons. They want to know all of your spending habits, they are hunting for more tax revenue, the banks get transaction fees when you don’t use cash.

Using Cameras in the Hunt for Taxes | Armstrong Economics

COMMENT: Hi, Hunt for taxes is running full scale in Scandinavia. In Sweden, all vehicles including foreign registered vehicles, are obliged to pay congestion taxes in Stockholm and Gothenburg as well as infrastructure charges in Motala and Sundsvall. Sometimes, the automatic camera system reads the license plate falsely and few people in Finland have gotten monthly invoices, even though they or their car never were in Sweden, including some fire trucks that never leave their home town. The payment is usually a few euros but the overdue payment is 500 SEK. The most horrible thing is that, of course, the due date comes so fast that if you don’t want to pay the 500 SEK overdue payment you just pay the invoice and then it is your burden to prove you never were in Sweden. BR JP REPLY: We are witnessing police being converted into tax agents. This is no longer about protecting the public. It is about exploiting the public to fund government pensions. For every person who moves to retirement, the state then hires their replacement. Consequently, the cost of government is growing now exponentially on a global basis and this is the reason why we are undergoing a MAJOR Cycle Inversion in how the markets will react between now and 2032. In Australia, they have been handing out parking tickets in your own driveway. In Australia, there are people who have figured out how to beat all these automated cameras. They clone license plates so other people get the tickets. In the USA, there have been major class actions lawsuits against automated cameras. In Cherry Hill, New Jersey, if you stopped but were 6 inches over the white line, you were still being given a ticket for running a red light. Then people making a right turn on a red were being given tickets for “rolling” rather than coming to a complete halt for at least 5 seconds. Other states are photographing your plate and then send you a ticket for whatever they can find or make up. Failure to have insurance is a popular one even if you have it, they know it is often cheaper to just pay it than spend all day in court. This is no longer about safety or protecting anyone. It is just about raising revenue any way they can pretend to justify it. This is one component that illustrates how Western Society is collapsing. Governments are greedy and only care about raising revenue.
— Read on www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/taxes/using-cameras-in-the-hunt-for-taxes/

Just as I pointed out in “The National Debt”, the are trying to tax away their overspending on our backs.

Scientists Have Captured Images of 20 Protoplanetary Disks Where Baby Planets Are Born

The hunt for other planets in our galaxy has heated up in the past few decades, with 3,869 planets being detected in 2,886 systems and another 2,898 candidates awaiting confirmation. Though the discovery of these planets has taught scientists much about the kinds of planets that exist in our galaxy, there is still much we do not know about the process of planetary formation.

— Read on curiosity.com/topics/scientists-have-captured-images-of-20-protoplanetary-disks-where-baby-planets-are-born-curiosity