by Brian Garst | Oct 14, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Financial Privacy, Privacy
Arguments in favor of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act start and end with tax evasion. Those who question the validity of a massive and invasive financial dragnet for the purpose of catching a few tax cheats are accused of either being a tax evader themselves or...
by Brian Garst | Oct 5, 2014 | Blogs, Economics, Minimum Wage
The great Krugtron the Invincible argues the minimum wage can be increased without much consequence. He says there’s “hardly any cost to raising it,” and that “we can raise these wages without losing lots of jobs.” Notice the weasel...
by Brian Garst | Sep 19, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Education, Free Market
Federal policies unquestionably deserve some blame for skyrocketing tuition costs. Washington subsidizes student borrowing, and colleges in turn raise prices to capture federal dollars. Higher prices put pressure on Washington to increase subsidies and the cycle...
by Brian Garst | Sep 5, 2014 | Blogs, Taxation
The Center for Freedom & Prosperity has joined a coalition of state and national organizations in calling on Washington to pass a permanent extension of the Internet Tax Moratorium. Signed by over 40 organization’s, the coalition letter urges Congress to...
by Brian Garst | Aug 8, 2014 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared in Cayman Financial Review, Third Quarter 2014, Issue 36. Since its passage in 2010, financial institutions and their governments have scrambled to comply with the costly impositions of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). To entice...
