Taxation
It's the Spending, Stupid
Michael Hurd | 14 January 2012
In the 1990s, Bill Clinton's people ran on the campaign theme, "It's the economy, stupid." The more accurate phrase today should be, "It's the spending, stupid."
In the 1990s, Bill Clinton's people ran on the campaign theme, "It's the economy, stupid." The more accurate phrase today should be, "It's the spending, stupid."
Herman Cain's 9-9-9-9 Plan
Peter Schiff | 18 October 2011Contrary to the rhetoric emanating from the American left, the "rich" are currently paying a lot more than "their fair share." If Cain really wants a 9-9-9 plan that doesn't raise taxes he needs to remove the hidden 9% payroll tax.
Wrong medicine for a sick economy
Ralph Reiland | 1 October 2011Obama is echoing a recent column in the New York Times by billionaire Warren Buffett in which wrote that the federal income tax rate he paid was lower than the rate paid by employees in his office.
The Black Hole of Government Waste and Corruption
Sylvia Bokor | 29 September 2011Taxes and regulations ravage the nation's savings, suffocate ambition, undermine business operations, erase certainty and penalize the successful while rewarding the indigent.
It’s the Stupid Spending
Ralph Reiland | 29 August 2011Obama’s jobs program? Take $7.1 million from “the rich,” the people who have the wherewithal to invest and create jobs, and toss it down a worthless hole by hooking up one solitary house out in the middle of nowhere?
Payroll Tax and Unemployment
Amit Ghate | 24 August 2011Obama’s proposal then is a tacit acknowledgement that payroll taxes represent a hefty punishment for working and a powerful disincentive to hire.
Why Low Taxes are Good for Everyone
Michael Hurd | 16 November 2010The fact that lower taxes make the government poorer is THE best argument for lower taxes.
Taxation 101: Who Pays Corporate Taxes?
Walter Williams | 14 April 2009A subject area in economics, called the incidence of taxation, says that the party upon whom a tax is levied does not necessarily pay the tax. They might shift it onto some other party. That's precisely what corporations do. They are merely tax collectors.
Taxes and Prosperity Lost
Walter Williams | 13 April 2009You might wonder how congressmen can get away with taxes and other measures that reduce our prosperity potential. Part of the answer is the anti-business climate promoted in academia and the news media. The more important reason is that prosperity foregone is invisible.
Government Deception About Government Finances
Walter Williams | 8 April 2009Congressional deception about government finances means today's children will face a financial disaster that will make today's mess seem like a walk in the park.
Dollars and Crosses
- Jane Orient on Quitting Medicare
- Ayn Rand’s Essay “To Whom It May Concern” Now Online
- Uses and Sources of Gold
- New Book: How to be Profitable and Moral: A Rational Egoist Approach to Business
- Democracy and Self Determination of Peoples: Euphenisms for Mob Rule in the Middle East
- Private Schools for the Poor
- Holleran on Anti-Hero Worship
- Salsman on the Anti-Capitalist Conservatives
- New Website: Checking Premises
- Job Creators: Who Do those Immigrants Think They Are?
