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  • Whom is the government aggressing against when it collects income taxes via my employer?

    My employer said it would pay me $X/hour, however it only paid me a fraction of that amount. It gave the difference to the IRS. Does my employer owe me money? Or is there an unwritten clause in my employment contract that says that even though the contract clearly states that I will be paid $X/hour,...
    Posted to Political Theory by PeaceRequiresAnarchy on Thu, Mar 14 2013
  • Clever Statist on Taxes: Government Owns the Dollar Bills, so it Can Tax You

    (Thought you guys would appreciate this justification for taxation, never seen it before.) Statist reply to my challenge that taxation is equivalent to theft: [quote user="Mr. Lake"]Technically speaking, money isn't yours to begin with. Every dollar you have in your pocket belongs to the...
    Posted to Political Theory by Anenome on Sun, Oct 14 2012
  • Is Deflation Better?

    http://libertyisnow.blogspot.com/2010/04/is-deflation-better.html Subscribe by Email Is Deflation Better? by Alex Merced I constantly speak about the dangers of inflation (increase in the money supply), and inflationary pressures of a growing government. Inflation destroys our purchasing power, causes...
    Posted to AlexMerced by Alex Merced on Wed, Apr 7 2010
    Filed under: Money, Prices, Economics, Price levels, Money Supply, Arbritage, Investment, Taxation, Risk, Banking, Treasuries, Inflation
  • Treasuries, Investment, Interest Rates, and Risk

    http://libertyisnow.blogspot.com/2010/04/treasuries-investment-interest-rates.html Subscribe by email Treasuries, Investment, Interest Rates, and Risk by Alex Merced In todays world investment revolves around US Treasury debt cause it's AAA rating. Since the return yielded from treasuries is considered...
    Posted to AlexMerced by Alex Merced on Tue, Apr 6 2010
    Filed under: Business Cycle, Taxation, Risk, Banking, Treasuries, Inflation, Interest Rates
  • A Call for Lower Taxes & Higher Taxes

    Larry Kudlow put together some debate tips for John McCain. After reading the recommendations, I noticed a significant contradiction. Mr. Kudlow states : "...McCain needs to stress that tax hikes of any kind would be a total disaster during this economic emergency, and that letting folks keep more...
    Posted to Love of Liberty by ChrisR on Tue, Oct 7 2008
    Filed under: taxation
  • Myopia

    \ mī- ˈ ō-pē-ə\ — a lack of foresight or discernment; a narrow view of something The movie 'Blindness' is in theaters this weekend and I've always found it an interesting story, since it was first a novel. I'm not writing this post to debate the socialistic tendencies of the story's...
    Posted to Apropos Austrian Aphorisms by thedo on Fri, Sep 26 2008
    Filed under: taxation, bail out, business cycle theory, washington mutual, blindness, austrian economics
  • When Words Disappear

    It's always interesting to watch how a society's vernacular changes, to see new words added and old words subtracted. Additions bring the most fuss (see: text messaging). Subtractions often slip by the way side. The most striking example, today, is the word 'SOCIALISM'. As in, while the...
    Posted to Apropos Austrian Aphorisms by thedo on Mon, Sep 8 2008
    Filed under: taxation, bail out, socialism, fannie mae, freddie mac, words
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