Animals, domestic and wild, are part of the community’s heritage. TSCF urges citizens to act in favor of animal welfare. We also support initiatives for the protection of the animals and the wildlife. We condemn firmly any form of cruelty, should it be perpetrated by individuals or by organizations. Animal…

TSCF expresses its deep preoccupation in the face of the disastrous way EU leaders mismanaged the bailout of Cyprus in March 2013. The first version of the Cyprus bailout plan included a deposit grab which set a bad precedent, imposing a 6.75 percent tax on insured (government guaranteed) deposits and…

TSCF expresses its deep preoccupation in the face of the evolution of the country, which reflects the evolution of Europe by and large. Back to the nineties, Belgium was a relatively well organized and peaceful country with a still strong spirit of community that allowed to settle issues fairly easily…

TSCF hails the Internet strikes that appear to have derailed US projects meant to limit freedom on the Internet. The Internet as factor of liberty: The Internet has revolutionized the editorial industry, by allowing a huge number of outsiders to address the public without necessarily possessing  capital or institutional support.…

Governments of the US,  EU and Japan confront a huge funding problem due to the conversion of private debt into public debt in the aftermath of the so-called financial crisis of 2007-2009. IMF policy concept: -The strategies that governments and the IMF adopted  to address this problem drive to a…

Money printing and huge fiscal deficits are not the appropriate strategy to solve the problems of the world economy. Funding debt through new debt will only worsen the problem. Fiscal deficits, be they local, national or federal, should be vigorously combated. Assets detained by governments should be listed and sold.…

Government has become too invasive in many countries and its intervention into society should be reduced. However, the issue is how to replace government. Neo-liberalism has no answer, except emphasizing individual freedom and the free enterprise. But society is not a set of individuals. Reducing the powers of government is…

The economic stimulus plans launched by governments to tackle the so-called “financial crisis” of  2008 led to aggravated deficits and debt. In the EU, governments are heavily indebted. In most cases, they can fund their debt only through new borrowing. Default is possible for some of these governments within a…

Too often, governments and bureaucrats have played God with citizens’ money, creating fiscal ‘niches’, ‘exemptions’, 'duties', ‘special taxes’ or even ‘incentives’ supposed to influence the taxpayers’ behaviors. This, however, is not the normal purpose of taxation. The normal purpose of taxation is not to manipulate the citizens. It is simply…