While Tax Freedom Day is mid-April, Rothbard’s measure of the government's fiscal burden reveals that Americans don’t truly start working for themselves until June 5, over seven weeks later.
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There Is Nothing New About Trump’s Economic Populism
President Trump’s so-called populism really is a mish-mash of protectionism, increased government spending, price controls, and some deregulation. Don’t expect good results.
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Sabrin: Abolish the Income Tax: the Root of All Evil
"As much as Senate Republicans seek an off-ramp that would smooth the path for Kevin Warsh's confirmation as Fed chair, the legal stalemate holding things up has escalated."
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Poll: JD Vance is the most unpopular vice president...
"... new polling data indicating a 21-point swing in the wrong direction within months, placing him at the bottom of modern vice-presidential rankings"
Ford's plutocrat CEO says the US regime should make sure that US consumers aren't allowed to buy Chinese cares. Many ersatz "capitalists" like him oppose market competition.
All too often, judges allow sentiment to override the Constitution. While they might refer to a “living Constitution,” what they really mean is that they don’t permit the law to get in the way of their worldviews.
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Thanks to Obstructionist Government, Rebuilding after...
There is no shortfall of liquidity in financial markets. In fact, there is so much that inflation has become a way of life for market participants. This is not a good thing.
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The Danger of Allowing Good Intentions to Override...
All too often, judges allow sentiment to override the Constitution. While they might refer to a “living Constitution,” what they really mean is that they don’t permit the law to get in the way of their worldviews.
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Federal Spending Rises to Post-Covid High in Wake of...
Nearly one in five US tax dollars now go to paying interest on the federal debt. Debt and spending are set to surge even more as war costs mount and interest rates rise.
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The Critical Issue Is Not Dependence on Oil, but the...
It’s not about fighting over what little there is, but about serving and cooperating voluntarily to create abundance, which is what characterizes the free market.
Murray Rothbard based much of his work on property rights, and in this piece, Ludovico Lumicisi applies Rothbardian thinking to the technology of our digital age.