Everyone wins. Of course, these reductions in Federal taxing and spending would be accompanied by increases in State taxing and spending. However, these new State-level spending programs would reflect our present ideals and state of knowledge, and be more sustainable, effective, and appropriate than today’s legacy programs. Related government bureaucracies would be relatively lean and… Read More Cut the Federal Government in Half
Within Kevin Williamson’s takedown of the mindlessness of bureacracy (And please, read the whole thing), lies this interesting nugget: Over the years, economic success and administrative demands eventually transform bands of roving bandits into bands of stationary bandits. One popular theory of the state — one that is pretty well-supported by the historical evidence in… Read More If Government is Banditry, Anarchy is Impossible
“Who’s FICA? And why are they taking my money?” Actually, he asks about the income tax in general, given that almost 50% of Americans don’t pay income tax. This is not a bug; this is a feature. The income tax is a specifically progressive structure. It exists to do two things: Feed the Beast Give… Read More Stacy McCain asks What We’ve All Been Asking Since We Were Seventeen or Thereabouts…
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