Taxes and Spending

"To force a man to pay for the violation of his own liberty is indeed an addition of insult to injury. But that is exactly what the State is doing."

The hurricane sirens went off this evening in Auburn, which they seem to do every time there is any wind or rain within 60 miles.

From 1950 to 1980, Americans were indeed Losing Ground. Charles Murray’s book on social policy debunks welfare programs. The programs are the problem. It is not possible to design a wealth transfer program that will not produce net harm.

Our fiscal problems can be explained by an Internal Revenue Service that isn’t aggressive enough.

The Marshall Plan didn’t help get Europe back on its feet: free markets did. The Plan was another failed giveaway program. The Plan’s disastrous legacy was the wrongheaded approach it inspired in foreign aid programs for the rest of the century.

I should have known, but I just found out that another FairTax bill was introduced in Congress last month. John Linder (R-GA) introduced H.R.

Me and my angelic wife are heading to our favorite Sunday restaurant, the Ding How II.

From The Boston Channel:

Living near the home of a major state university, national collegiate rankings are a real source of pride.

Actually, the headline reads: “Wal-Mart, Unions Unite