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Against Trump's Tariffs

Bureaucracy and RegulationCronyism and CorporatismTaxes and Spending

Blog03/04/2018

The verdict of sound economics is universal. Tariffs cripple economies, reduce the standard of living, and pit some groups against others.

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The Myth of America's "Stingy" Welfare State

Decentralization and SecessionTaxes and Spending

Blog03/02/2018

With welfare, the US outspends Canada and Australia, and is on a par with Switzerland. On government healthcare, the US outspends nearly everyone.

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Everything You Need to Know about Federal Spending in Five Charts

Taxes and SpendingU.S. Economy

Blog03/01/2018

It’s time to address the budget in a comprehensive fashion.

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Public Goods, National Defense, and Central Planning

Taxes and SpendingWar and Foreign Policy

Blog02/27/2018
Since national defense is not bought and sold in markets, we can't really know its value or whether there is too much or too little of it.
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Lack of Police Accountability Shows the "Social Contract" Isn't Working

Legal SystemTaxes and Spending

Blog02/27/2018

We're told that we pay taxes in return for government "services." But what happens when the state doesn't keep up its end of the bargain?

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Is the (Tea) Party Over?

Taxes and Spending

Blog02/27/2018
Now that Republicans control the White House and Congress, tea party groups have little to say about runaway government spending.
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A Gas Tax Hike Is the Wrong Way to Fund Highways

Taxes and Spending

Blog02/26/2018
Using the federal gas tax to fund infrastructure is at best a very blunt instrument, and at worst an invitation to wasteful spending.
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Security Works at Disney — But Can't Work at a Public School?

Legal SystemTaxes and SpendingU.S. History

Blog02/19/2018
The fact that politicians get highly-attentive security guards — while school kids get a cut-rate version of security — is revealing.
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Government "Stimulus": The Real Trickledown Economics

Taxes and Spending

Blog02/14/2018
"Stimulus" requires first sucking money out of the private sector, and then letting it trickle back into the economy vis-à-vis new government spending.
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End Space-Station Funding Right Now

Corporate WelfareTaxes and Spending

Blog02/12/2018
If government funding of a space program is justified because it has “benefits,” then no argument can be made against government funding of anything.
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