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Entries Tagged as 'Taxation & Fiscal Policy'
From (Misquoted) de Tocqueville to (Correctly Quoted) Bono, By Way of Two Nobel Prizes
October 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Tags: Capitalism · Libertarianism · Public Goods v. Private Goods · Society, Religion, Culture Wars
On Obama's Stale Crumbs for Gay Bureaucrats
June 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Let's begin with what exactly the "historic" memorandum is — and is not.
Tags: Gay Rights and Issues · Law · Politics · Taxation & Fiscal Policy
Kip Clip — Special Tax Deadline Edition
April 15th, 2009 · Comments Off
Don't become overdue, or else a jackbooted IRS thug — or a reasonable facsimile — will persecute you.
Tags: Humor · Taxation & Fiscal Policy
Proudhon Sighting™ — Ed Rendell
March 23rd, 2009 · 1 Comment
Proudhon Sightings™ are any utterances, typically but not exclusively by politicians, that celebrate (or lament) the ability of government to indirectly control people's lives.
Tags: Activist Legislators & Nanny Statists · Taxation & Fiscal Policy
Another Quick "Debt versus Interest" Post
March 4th, 2009 · 1 Comment
While hardly irrelevant, the question of "paying off the debt" is not the truly urgent issue.
Tags: Activist Legislators & Nanny Statists · Economics & Finance · Taxation & Fiscal Policy
Which Planet's Supreme Court Are They Referring To?
March 3rd, 2009 · 1 Comment
A secondary gay rights group in New England is triggering the tripwire and challenging DOMA in federal court.
Tags: Constitutional Issues · Gay Rights and Issues · Law · Politics · Taxation & Fiscal Policy
I Don't Know, I Can "Imagine" Quite a Bit…
March 3rd, 2009 · 1 Comment
Looking back at the Bush Social Security reform plan — and forward to the (oddly similar) Obama version.
Tags: Economics & Finance · Social Security
Apparently Now It's the "Unbroken Window Fallacy"
March 3rd, 2009 · Comments Off
The Vice President visits a window factory.
Tags: Capitalism · Kip's Law · Rent-Seeking · Taxation & Fiscal Policy
"Too Much is Never Enough" Quote of the Day
March 1st, 2009 · 3 Comments
"I can't take advantage of it now which I think is totally unfair…"
Tags: Activist Legislators & Nanny Statists · Socialized Medicine · Taxation & Fiscal Policy
On Aretaic Taxation
February 27th, 2009 · Comments Off
One result of the recession is a desperate scramble for new ways to raise taxes without raising taxes on everyone.
Tags: Economics & Finance · Society, Religion, Culture Wars · Taxation & Fiscal Policy