‘Proportional’ Response
Should we be surprised that the Iraqi government has increasingly come to pay more attention to what Iran wants than to what Washington wants?
Black Unemployment
In some cities, unemployment for black working-age males is more than 50 percent. Let’s look at this, but first let’s look at some history.
Cypriot Chaos Assists EU Centralization
Remarks by members of the European Union’s elite suggesting that banking deposit seizures may become standard practice appear to have heightened the risk of a European bank run and perhaps even a catastrophic collapse of the euro. Any threat to the euro is a...“Tax Expenditures”: Not Taxing Is Allegedly Spending
To reduce government spending means to reduce the money the government pays out, not to reduce the money it has chosen not to take in. The first is a reduction in government spending; the second is an increase in taxes. Confusing the two is of benefit only to con men who worship an omnipotent state.
Capital Gains Taxes
How are capital gains different from ordinary income?
Corporate Welfare is Immoral
In its recently released budget the Canadian (Conservative!) government announced $6.4 billion of new corporate welfare spending. The aerospace sector will receive $1.2 billion of it over the next five years, Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario...Gay Marriage and The Role of State
The legitimate functions of a properly limited government do not include either stigmatizing gay behavior or applauding it.
