The Chicago Tribune reports that a bunch of government bureaucrats went to the capital of Illinois and protested in favor of higher taxes. But it’s not exactly news that looters want more looting. The amazing thing to note is that the Democrats have complete…
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The Ronald Reagan of New Jersey?
He’s only been Governor for a couple of months, and we have seen other elected officials start strong and then get captured by the special interested, but it certainly appears that Governor Christie of New Jersey genuinely intends to rescue his stated from…
Complicated Banking Regulations and Double Taxation Hurt Americans Abroad.
The New York Times ran an article this week about an increasing number of Americans living and working abroad who are considering taking the drastic step of giving up their American citizenship. Most of these expats would ideally like to maintain their citzenship but…
Obama Is Not a Socialist.
Newt Gingrich writes in the Washington Post to defend his assertion that Obama is a socialist. He cites several examples of the President’s big-government agenda, which are excerpted below. These are all examples of bad policy, to be sure, but other than the…
Paying for Pro-Bureaucrat Propoganda.
The government is wasting so much money in so many ways that it takes something really odd to shock me, but this story from the Federal Times certainly meets that test. The Office of Personnel Management is actually squandering money on a marketing campaign to improve…
Yes, Taxes Change Behavior.
I’ve read several places that Ronald Reagan instinctively understood supply-side economics because Hollywood stars sooner or later learned that making more than a couple of movies per year was pointless when marginal tax rates were 90 percent. The same thing…
Government Corruption Watch, Part IV.
Since the United States is the biggest funder of that bevy of kleptocrats and moochers known as the United Nations, it is especially painful to read stories about the rampant corruption that characterizes that international bureaucracy and its various divisions….
A Sordid Combination of Tax Greed and Protectionist.
Tax-news.com reports that the French and Italian governments want Europe to impose a tax on imports from nations that don’t adopt misguided climate-change/global-warming rules. This is awful policy, but the good news is that such a policy presumably won’t…
Awful Tax System Causing a Growing Number of Americans to "Go Galt"
Being an American citizen is an honor in many ways, but it is a huge millstone around the neck for highly successful investors and entrepreneurs because of an oppressive and complex tax system. This is particularly true for those based in and/or competing in global…
Helping New York…In Spite of the State's Awful Politicians.
I have a column in the New York Post explaining that big government is a losing deal for taxpayers in the Empire State. I’m tempted to say they deserve to be over-taxed and over-regulated because they keep electing collectivists like Chuck Schumer, but I grew…