Author Archives: William Orthwein

The Tyrant Party

The United States appears to be controlled by an oligarchy in which the American Israel Public Affiars Committee (AIPAC) is a major player, accompanied by many of the major corporations in the United States and elsewhere. That there is such a party is pure conjecture, but it is conjecture that is motivated by an abundance of facts. Call it the Tyrant Party because it rules independently of the will of the people. Continue reading

Medical care and expensive bureaucracy

Some 63 years ago, my wife and I had started our family. Shortly after that I was in graduate school in engineering at the University of Michigan and working part-time at their Willow Run Research Center, so my income was only adequate. Two of our children were born in the hospital in Ypsilanti, MI, where I lived because it was cheaper than living in Ann Arbor. Continue reading

Hidden taxation

Inflation is, in fact, nothing more than taxation of everyone at a rate not announced by the government but estimated by its citizens. This inflationary process of printing money out of nothing and then using it to pay debts is camouflaged by calling it monetizing the debt. [1]. It is illegal for individuals to do it. Continue reading

Voting machines and tyranny

Acceptance of voting machines and the electronic counting of votes is the acceptance of corruption and tyranny. Remember that Stalin is reported to have said that who votes does not matter but the who counts the votes does. Continue reading