Mises Daily
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Ilana Mercer
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In as much as it advocates taking from some more than from others, and thus fails to treat individuals equally under the law, “progressive taxation” is the State sets prices below market value, causing rampant overuse. Without fail, endemic shortages and a scarcity of the resource ensue. Witness New York, where Without it, he would self-destruct much like the parasite that kills its host. The mission of our “progressives” thus might not quite jibe with Karl Marx’s dream of