Government Shutdown, Spending Cuts, and other Fables
Peter G. Klein explains that the "shutdown" is no shutdown and urges us to reject the economic version of Orwellian doublespeak.
Taxes and Spending
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On The 100th Anniversary of the Income Tax
Woodrow Wilson signed the Income Tax into law one hundred years ago today.
Government Shutdown
Mark Thornton presents a Misesian commentary on why politics is to blame for the impending U.S. government "shutdown," and how a gold standard could provide real fiscal discipline.
Wall Street and Government Intervention
Interviewed by Ken McClenton on “The Exceptional Conservative Show” on 27 May 2013, Mark Thornton talks about the historical reaction o
Higher Rates are Coming
Interviewed by “Butler on Business” host Alan Butler, Mark Thornton talks about the popping of the bond bubble.
The Tollkeepers on the Road to Serfdom
The IRS has a history of political abuse. Hoover, FDR, JFK, and Richard Nixon all used the IRS against enemies, long before Clinton or Obama.
Panel Discussion
All services that government provides can be privately provided goods and services. All voluntary arrangements are better than coercive ones. Anarchy is simply no rulers, but not no rules.
Taxes and History
The parasite - the state - has to have a host. First there had to be production before there could be something to tax or steal. Kings waged dynastic wars requiring high taxation. Revolutions and secession resulted.
The Myth of a Fair Tax
The myth of the fair tax is the myth of the just tax. Taxation is a coerced, not voluntary, exchange. It is false to say bureaucrats pay taxes. They consume taxes. They plunder. They are the tax eaters. The rest of us are tax payers.
