Taxes and Spending
Real Tax Reform
It is only because we have a monstrous welfare/warfare state that the government "needs" to collect an income tax. The beginning of Clinton's presidency was not that long ago. The income tax can be abolished. It can be done quickly; it can be done painlessly — and it can be done for the benefit of the American taxpayer instead of the federal leviathan. Now that is real tax reform.
Can There Be a “Just Tax”?
The 'ability-to-pay' principle resembles more the highwayman's principle of taking where the taking is good.
Tax Day
"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."
– Benjamin R. Tucker, 1893
Sirens for what?
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.
13. Welfare Programs and the Great Society
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.
The Cause of Budget Deficits
Our fiscal problems can be explained by an Internal Revenue Service that isn’t aggressive enough.
11. The History of Foreign Aid Programs
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.
The Tax that Will Not Die
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.
A Small case of conflict of Interest
Me and my angelic wife are heading to our favorite Sunday restaurant, the Ding How II.
