Understanding taxes is pretty simple. When the government takes a dollar away from a citizen, it makes him and society poorer. When it takes less, the opposite happens. We have to give it more thought to understand why government pulls in more after cutting tax rates. Moreover, there are different dynamics at play depending upon whether you’re
We just concluded a national, state and county election season where crime and economic volatility were at the forefront. These issues are likely to occupy the minds of voters in municipal elections across the country this year. Staying strapped Though economic stability is more important to public safety than it’s often given credit for, it’s not
Thank goodness for memes! A witty, well-placed caption on a still frame from a movie, cartoon, etc. provides welcome comic relief amidst the steady drip of stressful news these last few years. The latest templates are rich celebrities and bureaucrats who are basically telling us to suck it up , or buy an electric car to counter spiking gas prices
Donating time and/or resources is a virtuous activity. Parishioners volunteer for church. Parents help with their kids’ school functions. Citizens clean up parks. Some state and/or local governments have monetized this by offering volunteering seniors a break on their property taxes. While total elimination of this odious tax is the ultimate goal
Next month San Antonians will go to the polls to vote on $1.2 billion in bond proposals. It’s a whopper of a debt-binge that includes funding for unfinished projects authorized by prior bond elections, some of questionable legality, and others representing wasteful jurisdictional overlap. Also on the ballot will be two constitutional amendments ,
If anyone doubts that human trafficking is a problem, the events of the last couple weeks here in south Texas should disabuse them of the notion. By now we know of the fifty-three migrants who lost their lives in a boiling-hot 18-wheeler here in San Antonio. A few days later, there was a fatal crash in “an attempted human smuggling” operation just
Entender los impuestos es bastante sencillo. Cuando el gobierno le quita un dólar a un ciudadano, lo hace a él y a la sociedad más pobre. Cuando le quita menos, ocurre lo contrario. Hay que reflexionar más para entender por qué el gobierno ingresa más después de reducir los tipos impositivos. Además, hay diferentes dinámicas en juego según se
Acabamos de concluir una temporada electoral nacional, estatal y de condado en la que la delincuencia y la volatilidad económica han estado en primer plano. Es probable que estos temas ocupen la mente de los votantes en las elecciones municipales de todo el país este año. Permanecer atado Aunque la estabilidad económica es más importante para la
Menos mal que existen los memes. Un pie de foto ingenioso y bien colocado en un fotograma de una película, un dibujo animado, etc., proporciona un alivio cómico en medio del constante goteo de noticias estresantes de estos últimos años. Las últimas plantillas son celebridades y burócratas ricos que básicamente nos dicen que nos aguantemos , o que
Donar tiempo y/o recursos es una actividad virtuosa. Los feligreses son voluntarios en la iglesia. Los padres ayudan en las funciones escolares de sus hijos. Los ciudadanos limpian los parques. Algunos gobiernos estatales y/o locales lo han monetizado ofreciendo a los ancianos voluntarios una rebaja en sus impuestos sobre la propiedad. Si bien la
What is the Mises Institute?
The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard.
Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property order. We believe that our foundational ideas are of permanent value, and oppose all efforts at compromise, sellout, and amalgamation of these ideas with fashionable political, cultural, and social doctrines inimical to their spirit.