Taki's Daily Blog
Austin Bramwell tells us the tax code favors the rich at the expense of everyone else. As an argument he gives some examples that very likely loom large in his estate planning practice. Anecdote and instance are rhetorically effective, but their moral depends on how the story is told. More particularly, a common problem with righteous complaints about special tax benefits … [Read More]
Republicans, says Obama, “give more and more to those with the most and hope that prosperity trickles down to everyone else.” Demagoguery? Yes. But just because a demagogue says it doesn’t mean that it isn’t true. The tax code does in fact favor the rich—indeed, the idle rich—at the expense of everyone else. What Obama won’t tell you is that Democrats … [Read More]
As Tom Woods and I demonstrate in our new book, Who Killed the Constitution? The Fate of American Liberty from World War I to George W. Bush, there is a bipartisan consensus in all three branches of the federal government that the U.S. Government can do whatever it wants. Joe Biden is one of the chief proponents of this view. It … [Read More]
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