Here we go again. The indefatigable David Cay Johnston has twisted the results of a study that says that America, with it’s low tax rates, has the lowest rate of tax evasion in the civilized world into one that says America, because of it’s low tax rates, has the most tax evasion in the civilized world. Here’s Johnston’s [...]
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“Go to your bosom; knock there and ask your heart what it doth know that is like my brother’s fault.” – Measure for Measure, Act II, Scene ii – Congressman James Clyburn was asked by MSNBC’s non-partisan Newt-hater, Mika Brzezinski, what he thought of Gingrich’s recent surge in the Republican polls. Clyburn said, with a [...]
Here’s Megan McArdle of The Atlantic on income inequality: I don’t care about income inequality. I care about the absolute condition of the poor–whether they are hungry, cold, and sick. But I do not care about the gap between their incomes, and those of Warren Buffett and Bill Gates. Nor the ratio of Gates and Buffett’s incomes to [...]
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Daniel J. Mitchell writes in Helping to Explain Greece’s Collapse in a Single Picture: Politicians in Europe have spent decades creating a fiscal crisis by violating Mitchell’s Golden Rule and letting government grow faster than the private sector. As a result, government is far too big today, and nations such as Greece are in the process [...]
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The inmates are indeed running the asylum. Law schools have been under attack lately by students who believe that a law degree entitles them to a six figure salary upon graduation, but now we know the real reason why today’s law brats can’t find employment. Paul Caron writes in Prof Denied Tenure for Using Socratic Method: Some [...]
I’ve heard of fear-mongering before but this latest example from Vice President Joe Biden takes the proverbial cake: If the Republicans don’t pass this bill, then rape will continue to rise. Murder will continue to rise; rape will continue to rise; all crime will continue to rise. This is despicable and cheap. Think about it. Any congressman could propose [...]
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Our left-wing tax blogger friends James Maule and Linda Beale avidly support the Occupy Wall Street movement. Together, Maule and Beale have written dozens of posts about out how middle-class conservatives – tea partiers, in particular – have been victimized by right-wing lies about taxes. Well, the folks at Daily Intel have polled 50 Occupy [...]
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