By Mark Brandly "The income tax is “undoubtedly the most totalitarian of all taxes."1 ~Murray Rothbard At the founding of our country, the framers of our Constitution wisely withheld the right to tax incomes from the federal government. With the recent Revolutionary War in mind, the States were reluctant to cede strong taxing powers to a central state. Given the enormous … [Read more...] about The Income Tax: Lessons from the Sixteenth Amendment
Mark Brandly
Capital is a Mystery to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
By Mark Brandly We all know that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is dominating the political news with her demands for socializing the economy. Bob Murphy has explained that her Green New Deal "makes no sense on economic grounds” and even for Keynesians it “ would be nonsensical to implement such a program today.” Given the inanity of the Green New Deal, I would like to … [Read more...] about Capital is a Mystery to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez