The Unbroken Window

Thirty percent of Gross Domestic Product will be extracted as tribute by Federal, state and local governments this year. This burden merely scratches the surface of the full-costs associated with administering American government.
Opponents of ratification of the U.S. Constitution by the Pennsylvania Convention in 1787 wrote that, “By virtue of their power of taxation, […]

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Confiscation Day
Three thoughts as you pay your taxes today:

Ironically, criticism of capitalism on the grounds that workers are wage slaves - when a minority of the population controls non-human components of production that workers use to produce goods - is connected to the belief that one should have freedom to work without a boss or […]

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Government Created the Charity Gap
This was run on Friday, April 13 in the Wall Street Journal
Editor, The Wall Street Journal
Dear Editor:
Sheryl Sandburg puzzles why such a small percentage of charitable giving is ultimately directed at the poor, despite people’s stated intentions to do so (“ The Charity Gap ”, April 4, 2007). Her ommission of […]

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I guess the folks in Congress decided to pay heed to my article. And people want them to run our health care system?

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When Being Right Does Not Make Me Want to Gloat
First they came for the liquor …
Then they came for the drugs …
Then they came for the cigarettes …
Then they came for the hamburgers …
Now they are after the aluminum bats. Are they kidding me?
Does it matter that many of us warned about the slippery slope? […]

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