Taxes and Spending

President Biden pushes a wealth tax as a measure of "fairness." Not only is it unconstitutional, but it's also bad for the economy.

Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes famously claimed that taxes were the price people paid for civilized society. The problem is that taxes themselves are antisocial.

The passage of an income tax in the early twentieth century was an enormous shift toward a far more centralized and powerful US state.

President Biden pushes a wealth tax as a measure of "fairness." Not only is it unconstitutional, but it's also bad for the economy.

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.