Taxes and Spending

Advocates for more military spending tell us the taxpayer must pay to expand the US's nuclear arsenal.  Because of China. In truth, the US's arsenal is in no danger of not "keeping up."

Politicians promise economic miracles, but in the end they waste resources and engage in economic destruction. Newfoundland is a case study.

If we have learned anything from hundreds of years of government oppression and atrocities, one thing is certain: government isn't our friend.

It's popular for politicians to claim they will never cut Social Security. But doing nothing now about the program means imposing an even larger hit on seniors in the future. 

If we have learned anything from hundreds of years of government oppression and atrocities, one thing is certain: government isn't our friend.

It's popular for politicians to claim they will never cut Social Security. But doing nothing now about the program means imposing an even larger hit on seniors in the future. 

With Yale economics professor Yusuke Narita suggesting mass suicide—seppuku—as the answer to Japan's rapidly aging demographics, Jeff and Bob take a hard look at the economics and humanity of greying America.

If taxes are used for "charitable" purposes, does that justify taxation?

The recent case of retired megastar Usain Bolt losing millions of dollars to bad investments highlights the importance of sound money management.

The Communist Manifesto pushed a heavily progressive income tax as one of ten key ways to undermine the market order. Unfortunately, the idea didn't die with Marx.