Anything you do that has a win or lose outcome is gambling. With most gambling, you probability of winning is limited to 50% or less. With Trading, you probability can exceed 50% and thus is the reason most of us think it is not gambling.
The Engineering Profession is at fault. If all engineering disciplines united, unionized and started forcing US certified engineers to practice the art of engineering, this would be unlawful. Doctors, Lawyers, Architects and other professions have successfully kept cheap labor from entering the...
Would overtaxation be another method of "a loss of property rights" If the government keeps riasing your property taxes, it will eventually force you to turn them over.
If we do not like Inflation, it is because we have not experienced deflation. Think about the effects of deflation and ask yourself how much you really worry about inflation.
It's the natural order for a society trained and bread for the pursuit of happiness, the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. The satisfaction of finishing first.
We need to retrain our minds to embrace the journey more than the final destination.
PS, last time I checked, the final...
People spend five months of the year working to pay taxes and they are worried about the hair cuts, coffee and beer.
You can choose to not drink beer and coffee. You can cut your own hair.
You are forced to pay your taxes.