Taxes and Spending

It is neither voluntary nor efficient. (Commentary by Mark Thornton) 

Professors Vedder and Gallaway have done outstanding work for the the Joint Economic Committee, and it is available on-line.

Why it's not really possible with public education. (Commentary by Tibor R. Machan)

Another favorite fallacy of Al Gore.

Murray Rothbard once asked Ludwig von Mises at what point on the spectrum of statism can a country be designated as "socialist." To his surprise, Mises said that there was, indeed, a clear-cut delineation: the stock market.

How the income tax changed America for the worse. 

Americans are pilfered and looted at every step. 

Taxes distort the price system and always alter behavior away from the free-market ideal. That is why, as J.B. Say said, the best tax is always the lowest tax. But in recent years, state and local governments have been using the tax system, along with direct subsidies of all sorts, to influence where particular firms locate, all in an effort to generate more growth and thus more tax revenue. Can states and localities really "buy growth" for themselves through this means?

The reason they are ever higher. 

Has paperwork really been reduced?