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If We’re Broke, We Should Spend More Money 1

May

2013

“You might not know this,” President Obama asserted in Texas yesterday, “because if you listen to all the doom and gloom in Washington and politics, and watching cable TV sometimes you might get kind of thinking nothing is going right. But the truth is there’s a lot of reasons for us to feel optimistic about ...

Internet Taxes Will Encourage Underground Commerce 1

May

2013

The senators who just voted in favor of the so-called Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 (S.336) will continue to wax eloquent about its benefits. Colorado’s Mark Udall whines about how “[i]t does not seem fair for a business that establishes a presence in Colorado to be at a disadvantage to a company that sells goods ...

Government is Not the Answer

Apr

2013

Doesn’t it just seem like government is getting involved in too much these days? They have their hand in just about everything. All I hear and read about is how Congress is debating this new law and that new law. How about no NEW laws, but let’s just enforce the ones we have, shall we? ...

Message from the Dead 5

Apr

2013

What if Thomas Jefferson and the other founding fathers came back from the dead? What would they say to this generation? Would they approve of the Healthcare Mandate that’s not a tax, but was approved by the Supreme Court because it is – duh – a tax? What would they say about the gun control ...

End Marriage Subsidies for Everyone

Mar

2013

…That’s how I’d really love SCOTUS to rule, and not this statist nonsense over who gets the special government benefits and who doesn’t, who the government can tax as a married couple and who it can’t. Apologists for government can’t seem to imagine a world where the state doesn’t define associations and coddle us with ...

Look! Up In the Sky, It’s A Bird, A Plane…It’s Death 9

Mar

2013

Unless you have been hibernating you know that gun control legislation has been a hot topic these past few months. As it should be. The lawless federal government it seems, has no limits in shredding the Constitution. Unfortunately, although gun control is important, there is an equally important issue that is just as pressing for ...

Will Your State Recover?

Jun

2012

Did you know that as an individual taxpayer, you owe the federal government over $138,000? Consult the U.S. Debt Clock and you’ll see that every day that number increases. Some citizens are comfortable with this. Others citizens are very uncomfortable with it. Where do you stand? Since 2009, the Democratic party has made it clear ...

California’s $16 Billion Nightmare

May

2012

California’s top dog, Jerry Brown, announced late last week that his state faces a $16 billion deficit. That’s up from a $9 billion deficit announcement a few months ago. Oops. Apparently one of California’s bean-counters was educated in our public schools. What’s at the heart of the deficiency? Unfunded obligations — that’s PC for government ...

The “Buffett Rule” Is Rejected 1

Apr

2012

The “Buffett Rule”, a tax hike defeated in the Senate yesterday, is the result of Democrats proclaiming it is unfair that the rich pay less taxes than us working stiffs. This claim isn’t necessarily true of course, as it depends strictly on an analysis of the individuals involved. But it makes for a great sound-bite. ...

Liberal Writer Calls For End to Personal Income Tax

Apr

2012

I was a bit surprised when I read this. Aren’t liberals usually self-loathing statists who think that resources should be collectivized and that taxation is just swell? A liberal writer (he admits this in the article) has called for an end to the personal income tax. He does so on grounds that many libertarians also ...

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