Political decisions can have a huge impact on both your financial and personal life.
David John Marotta and Megan Russell were interviewed on radio 1070 WINA’s Schilling Show discussing privacy and proposing an amendment on the right to privacy of correspondence.
Governments and individuals have different interests.
“I would rather be an oyster than a county regulator, the most stupid and senseless of animals.”
Some of the Confederate edits to the Constitution would have helped prevent a lot of the federal mischief we’ve experienced.
We were surprised by some of the reactions to our recent article on protective tariffs as one of the primary causes of the Civil War.
For every job outsourced to Bangalore…
Many Americans do not fully understand the causes of the Civil War.
It’s hard to believe they would both protest a tariff-created monopoly at the Boston Tea Party and then create one at the first congress.
The constitutions of many other countries guarantee and protect the privacy of correspondence. The United States does not.
The faceless government agencies aren’t really faceless at all; they are populated by the very same types of potential criminals and nogoodniks that we would avoid sharing our personal information with on the street.
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The lack of an adequate CPI adjustments leave seniors 71 days shy of a year’s worth of lovin’ it. Seniors deserve a break today!
Without public accountability, people are rightly suspicious that even the legitimate operations of government are corrupt.
Most people do not trace the effect of the unintended consequences of government programs. Even good things come with a price, and you always have to decide: is that price worth paying?
Bangladesh is “still a desperately poor country, and we shouldn’t minimize what a job with a steady paycheck means to a poor woman.”
Compliance isn’t just a technical burden. It is a threat of legal liability. The bill allows state tax audits by any state against any online vendor.
And yet we wonder why small businesses disregard so many government regulations.
The coercive power of government is more dangerous than the free market. Special interests use it to circumvent both the law and economics.
It is not a new tax. It is simply a tax that nearly everyone currently reading this column is successfully evading without prosecution.
Do infant industries need tariffs to protect them from their own inefficiency and stupidity?
Perhaps we would be economically better off with global trade, but do we have an obligation to maintain a higher moral standard?
Is economic freedom related to other kinds of freedoms? Does economic freedom affect personal choice?
Have you ever wondered why the CPI, GDP and employment numbers run counter to your personal and business experiences? The problem lies in biased and often-manipulated government reporting.
President’s proposal comes with silver linings for shrewd advisors
$3 million today has the same buying power as $500,000 in 1970.
America will continue to lose jobs where we don’t have a comparative advantage and gain jobs where we do. This change should be welcome.
Let me tell you how it will be: There’s one for you, nineteen for me. Should five per cent appear too small, Be thankful I don’t take it all.
“The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.” – Vladimir Lenin.
Without any authorizing legislation, the U.S. government has quietly taken more value than Cyprus tried and failed to confiscate.
As one of Forbes’s 25 largest fictional companies, Stark International could avoid $4 billion in U.S. corporate taxes with this one simple technique.
David John Marotta was interviewed on radio 1070 WINA’s Schilling Show in March to discuss balancing the national budget, and whether raising taxes is a good method to increase revenue to match spending.
If you’ve disagreed with our most recent two articles on free trade, then I challenge you to respond to these questions. Anyone?
Average Americans think about trade imbalances the wrong way. They have it exactly backward.
Anti-dumping rules are supposed to protect domestic producers and domestic jobs from unscrupulous foreign competition, but anti-dumping rules raise prices for their consumers and producers, shrink profits, and reduce the capacity of firms to invest, expand, and hire more workers.
All I want is a simple cup of coffee near where I work. Is that asking too much of free trade?
David John Marotta was interviewed recently on radio 1070’s WINA Schilling Show discussing property rights and their importance for a free society.
If you could only pick one, would you like to buy a ripe tomato or a local one?
Daniel J. Mitchell of the CATO Institute wrestles with the lack of no historical data to support the Starve the Beast model, only to find out that it’s because politicians have never really given it a shot.
The only two ways to balance the federal budget are to spend less or to collect more. Spending less is the preferred method, but that is just not happening. As a result, politics is pushing many in Congress to try to balance the budget by raising taxes.
Do any of these ideas suggest any incentive for the highly productive to continue producing?
Even to conservative political parties, starving the beast is not the ideal solution.
This kitten doesn’t rely on government. Be more like this kitten.
“Until the deficit is eliminated from our budget, … there is no end to inflation; there is finally no end to taxation; and the eventual result would, of course, be catastrophe.”
Studies suggest that $1.5 trillion is wasted on public sector rent-seeking.
Even if democracy is the principal objective, encourage the rule of law.
This kitten knows money doesn’t grow on trees. Be more like this kitten.
Property rights are among the characteristics most correlated with high levels of per capita gross domestic product (GDP).
Does a property owner have the right to use and dispose of his property as he sees fit even if that means he is being irrational, arbitrary, capricious, even unjust?
The recent AIG marketing campaign makes my skin crawl. In what they are calling “America’s Profit,“ AIG boasts that repayment of the bailouts created a positive return for taxpayers.
This kitten understands TANSTAAFL. Be more like this kitten.