All Posts Tagged With: "Tax evasion"
The New Financial Imperialism
The Britannica Concise Encyclopedia defines imperialism as “the policy of extending a nation’s authority by territorial acquisition or by the establishment of economic and political hegemony over other nations. Because imperialism always involves the use of power, often in the form of military force, it is widely considered morally objectionable, and the term accordingly has [...]
20May2010 | Robert Stewart | 3 comments | ContinuedHomeland Security Circa AD 285
Alexis de Tocqueville said that nothing is so threatening to individual liberty as extended war. Wars add to the relative power of the central government, and this change in the balance of power is accompanied by the decline of personal freedom. “A long war almost always places nations in this sad alternative: that their defeat [...]
1Apr2003 | Harold B. Jones Jr. | 3 comments | ContinuedThe Tax Code: Now That’s Outrageous!
If you’ve ever had the sinking suspicion that many in the mainstream media just don’t get it, then the September 2002 issue of Reader’s Digest was just for you. In its pages, conservative columnist Tucker Carlson penned his mighty attack on American business under the title “Artful Dodgers,” in the “That’s Outrageous!” department of the [...]
1Dec2002 | Scott McPherson | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Seven Deadly Sins of High Taxes
Dr. Lee is associate professor of economics at St. Ambrose University College of Business, Davenport, Iowa. By justice a king gives stability to the land, but he who imposes heavy taxes ruins it. —Proverbs 29:4 (New American Bible) In a free society government has an important but limited role to play. Adam Smith, for instance, [...]
1Nov1997 | Christopher Lee | 0 comments | ContinuedConfession of a Compliant Taxpayer
I’m afraid of the IRS, so I always pay at least as much, and probably more, than I owe in federal taxes. I confess this with apologies to my fellow taxpayers, particularly those who don’t do as I do. You have all heard, and most of you believe, that honest taxpayers are victimized by tax [...]
1Mar1997 | Dwight R. Lee | 1 comment | ContinuedHigh Taxes in Britain
Mr. Heffernan is an economic journalist and director o] the London financial newspaper, City Press. The british, called by Napoleon a nation of shopkeepers, have become a nation of tax payers. The number liable to tax has climbed to a peak of five out of six workers. Over a third of the income of the [...]
1Mar1956 | John Heffernan | 1 comment | Continued-
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