by Brian Garst | Jun 5, 2012 | Blogs, Taxation
Writing in today’s Washington Times, Richard Rahn addressed the issue of global taxation. As recently described in a CF&P Libertas, the ongoing efforts of international bureaucrats to impose global taxes threatens not just economic prosperity, but also the...
by Brian Garst | May 30, 2012 | Blogs, Economics
The President has made promotion of “green energy” a central part of his agenda. His efforts have thus far been littered with waste, fraud and abuse, but nevertheless it remains a key plank of the President’s platform. So why then is his administration slapping...
by Brian Garst | Apr 17, 2012 | Blogs, Taxation
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 to a minimum the number of politicians capable of pushing their views on...
by Brian Garst | Apr 16, 2012 | Blogs, Taxation
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 hidden cost just to comply with the tax code. At over 3.8 million words,...
by Brian Garst | Mar 22, 2012 | Blogs, Taxation
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 tax faced a backlash from the colonies and was decried as taxation without...
