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International Taxes Threaten Fiscal Sovereignty

International Taxes Threaten Fiscal Sovereignty

Politicians are always looking for ways to increase their power and exert ever more authority over greater swaths of humanity. Generally speaking, the world system of nation-states at least keeps… Read more »

Tax Day is Again Upon Us

Tax Day is Again Upon Us

It’s almost that dreaded time of year again: Tax Day. As if reaching deep into our wallets to fund profligate government spending isn’t bad enough, Americans also bear a tremendous… Read more »

Modern Day Stamp Taxes

Modern Day Stamp Taxes

Today marks the 247th anniversary since the British government passed the Stamp Act, a direct tax levied on all materials printed for commercial or legal use in the colonies. The… Read more »

DC’s Unjustified Optimism

DC’s Unjustified Optimism

According to Gallup, D.C. has the highest amount of economic confidence in the country…and it’s not even close. It would be easy to say that Gallup over-sampled White House staffers… Read more »

Lasting Economies Are Not Built

Lasting Economies Are Not Built

During his State of the Union speech, President Obama expressed his desire for an “economy built to last,” an oxymoron emblematic of the President’s embrace of Keynesianism and other failed… Read more »

Harry Reid’s Unicorn Economics

Harry Reid’s Unicorn Economics

Harry Reid announced recently that millionaire job creators are “imaginary,” just like the “unicorns” that apparently advise him on economics: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) suggested on Monday that… Read more »

The Real Problem With the “Christmas Tree Tax”

The Real Problem With the “Christmas Tree Tax”

Yesterday evening, Heritage spotted a conspicuous entry in the day’s publication of the Federal Register, defining a new tax on Christmas trees, which would fund a Christmas Tree Promotion Board…. Read more »

DoE Inspector General: Government Too Incompetent to Spend Stimulus

DoE Inspector General: Government Too Incompetent to Spend Stimulus

Gregory H. Friedman, Inspector General for the Department of Energy, testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee  this morning (Hat-tip: Adam Peshek at the Reason Foundation). Not only… Read more »

Record Government Spending Seen for 2011

Record Government Spending Seen for 2011

President Obama and Vice President Biden are currently playing the role of traveling snake-oil salesmen, peddling their latest wares in the form of yet another so-called stimulus bill. At the… Read more »