Showing posts with label taxation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label taxation. Show all posts
Friday, April 15, 2016

Tax Day: Why "Brutus" Thought Taxes Were Brutal

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Professor Gary Galles at the Mises Institutes wrote :  The approach of each year’s April 15 tax deadline reminds us that even if one str...
Monday, December 17, 2012

Quote of the Day: Taxation Is Not Revenue Raising

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Taxation isn’t revenue raising.  It is confiscation of people’s resources.  Revenue is what merchants or employees earn in voluntary trade...
Saturday, May 12, 2012

More on US Exodus: Facebook co-founder Gives up US citizenship

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Wow. Wealthy Americans giving up on their citizenship seems to be snowballing. Now we’ve got a high profile case; one of Facebook’s founde...
Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Quote of the Day: The Politics of Taxation

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The fact that the income tax burden is distributed so unevenly produces great politically borne fiscal problems. People who pay little or...
Friday, April 13, 2012

Quote of the Day: The Essence of Tax Day

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Investment guru and the maverick Doug Casey talks about the ethics of taxation (emphasis mine) The first thing is to get a grip on who ...
Saturday, February 11, 2012

Quote of the Day: The Arbitrariness of Taxation

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the very existence of taxation – any taxation – opens the door wider to those who wish to use the state to butt further into other peopl...
Saturday, May 21, 2011

Video: Why Tax Increases Are Wrong (and Immoral)

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Here is an eloquent video from Center for Freedom and Prosperity which shows why tax increases are baneful to an economy. Note: these has un...
Tuesday, August 31, 2010

More Taxes Equals More Revenues?

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More Taxes Equals More Revenues? Not so fast. The fundamental law of economics are always at work to defy conventional wisdom. Here is...
Thursday, July 08, 2010

NBA And Taxes

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Here is an interesting article on how taxes plays a critical role in shaping of NBA’s recruitment and team performance. From Bill Bradley ...
Monday, April 26, 2010

Mainstream’s Three “Wise” Monkey Solution To Social Problems

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Say what you want Say what you will 'Cos I find you think what makes it easier And lies spread on lies We don't care Belief is ou...
Thursday, September 24, 2009

Lessons From The Great Depression: Taxes, Protectionism and Inflation

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Economist Art Laffer of the Laffer Curve fame gives us an enlightening perspective from the experiences of the Great Depression. We will b...
Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Chicken Tax: Example of Distortive Effects of Taxes and Regulations

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This is a superb example of the distortive effects of taxation and regulations on the marketplace. Fundamentally, regulations and taxes affe...
Monday, March 23, 2009

AIG Bailout: A Model of Failed Government Intervention?

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Public Administration Case Study: The AIG Bailout First, AIG went to the US government to ask for a bailout under the justification that its...
Friday, March 13, 2009

Environmental Politics Dottiness: Taxing Cow Farts! Human Farts Next?

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The "Green" theme has evolved from science to patent religious zealotry or wanton absurdity... Take this news from the timesonlin...
Sunday, September 07, 2008

The Tragedy of Political Mascotism

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``It is our moral and rationally selfish obligation to help others understand that freedom is not free.  And one of the biggest costs of fre...
Thursday, July 31, 2008

The Controversy Over Oil VAT (Visceral and Astigmatic Thinking)

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``No government ever wants less government — that is, less of itself." Garet Garrett (1878–1954), Insatiable Government, American jou...