Taxes and Spending
The Minimum Wage and the “Blood Tax”
Just before Christmas I received the following from Joe Fullmer, and submit it to readers for their
Fallacies of the Negative Income Tax
Trick names of this sort corrupt the language and confuse thought. It would hardly clarify matters to call a handout a 'negative deprivation' or having your pocket picked 'receiving a negative gift.
The Fiasco of the Common Agricultural Policy
Meanwhile, the taxpayers have no choice but to contribute toward these eternal reforms.
Taxation, Inflation, and War
From the 2006 Supporters Summit: Imperialism: Enemy of Freedom, 27-28 October 2006, Auburn, Alabama.
Financing the Empire
From the 2006 Supporters Summit: Imperialism: Enemy of Freedom, 27-28 October 2006, Auburn, Alabama.
The Fraudulent Tax
The income tax should be repealed, not replaced. The IRS should be gotten rid of, not renamed. Tax reform should reduce taxes, not be revenue neutral. Government theft of the wealth of its citizens should be abolished, not adjusted. The FairTax should be called the Fraudulent Tax.
Another Predictable Government Failure
Expect every government program to fail to achieve its stated aims – domestic and foreign – and you will hit the mark every time.
Is All-Day Kindergarten An Economic Fix?
Let's settle the scores; the politicians and bureaucrats win since they claim success based on programs implemented, the children lose due to additional years in state institutions, the teachers and their unions win as more money is pumped into the sinking barge, and the taxpayer — William Graham Sumner's forgotten man — continues to pay the bill year after year.
