Hello everyone, welcome. My name is Phil Pillar, and in these pages I will comment on current affairs, the worlds of business and politics, style and fine living and my hobbies of gaming and MMA. First off, a little about me. I am a British marketeer and businessman, living in Germany for the moment. My education is in politics and business management, and by sheer chance these happen to be my interests as well. I am a fiscal conservative but a social libertarian, with a particular distaste for so-called "big government". This is defined as:
"Big Government
-n. ( US ) a form of government characterized by high taxation and public spending and centralization of political power." (dictionary.com).
In these pages I will put forward argument for economic and social liberalism, in the purest sense of the term. I am, to paraphrase the Wall Street Journal, in favor of free markets for free people. I do not hold to liberals, who favor freedom in the social sphere but wish for government to make people's economic decisions for them and to redistribute their wealth. I do not hold to conservatives, who wish to restrict social freedoms, but who preach freedom in the economic sphere. No, I hold freedom sacred. People must be free to pursue their social and economic interest equally, with only the proviso that their actions do no harm to, nor restrict the freedoms of, other people.
I hope to entertain, and also to stimulate debate in this blog. I welcome comments, and look forward to having you along.
PWP.
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