Don’t Tax Spanish Olives — And Don’t Subsidize them Either
Complaints about unfair trade practices — when made by US and EU officials — have the whiff of hypocrisy about them.
Taxes and Spending
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The United States Is a Tax Haven for Global Investors…and that’s Good for America
The US has risen in the rankings mostly because other nations have been coerced into weakening their human rights laws on financial privacy.
Infrastructure Spending Won’t Make America Great Again
Infrastructure spending is probably a better idea than yet another war. Ultimately, though, it's just another government boondoggle.
The Debt Ceiling Hysteria and Profligate Government
This is all smoke and mirrors to avoid dealing with the fundamental problem: the continuance of and increases in the American warfare-welfare state.
Trump’s Solar Tariffs Are Bad, but so Are Solar Subsidies
The U.S. firms that are the direct “losers” of the new solar tariffs have benefited for years from favorable tax treatment.
Trump Shows Us Why Its So Hard to “Drain the Swamp”
The permanent government of bureaucrats, generals, staffers, and strategists in Washington exercises greater power than any elected official.
Law Enforcement Is Not the Same Thing as Security
As government grows, more people are identifying certain law enforcement obligations as, to them, morally questionable, if not outright immoral.
2018 Looks To Be Another Good Year for Weapons Makers
Trump has long emphasized job creation, but the plan mainly seems to involve pumping more money into the Pentagon and increasing overseas arms sales.
When Government Shuts Down
The lesson of a government shutdown is that the world does not collapse when Uncle Sam takes the day off.
Do Taxpayers Want to Pay For Those Shut Down Government Services?
In addition to kicking the can down the deficit road year after year, the federal government employs a variety of tools to mask the true cost of government.
