Sunday, July 6th, 2008
In his speech at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Barack Obama says he will "ask Americans to serve" and "ask for your service." But will he ever actually ask? Sure, he can ask for our vote, and there a point where all eligible voters can choose to vote for ...
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Sunday, May 25th, 2008
U.S. House Democrat Maxine Waters during a hearing concerning gas prices.
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I suggest she read the Constitution she swore to uphold, think a bit about property rights, and watch this video by John Stossel. My favorite part is the graph showing that tax revenue from the tax on gasoline ...
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
I originally had this at the end of my previous post, but it's worth its own post.
On a related issue, I continue to be amazed at how seldom, if at all, I hear people write or talk about taxes in terms of "what am I getting for this"? I start ...
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
I'm paraphrasing one of my favorite lines in Yaron Brook's recent commentary in Forbes about how politicians use tax exemptions to garner political favor and control our behavior. He does a fine job of connecting what we usually consider to be an economic issue with a moral issue. ...
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