In the News
A digest of interesting articles and news stories for your perusal today.
- 20 February 2020
A low tax fantasy world
How marvellous it would be to live in a free market economy with low taxes, free from government waste and the dirty deals done between the state and big business to the detriment of us all
- 16 April 2014
UK living standards, and evidence on the 50p tax rate
It is taking time to get back to where real incomes were prior to the crash, but prudent, intelligent policies are getting us there. Oh, and as for Labour's 50p tax rate, we can sort that one out just by looking at the evidence
- 26 January 2014
Ed Balls and tax mad Neanderthal economics
Just as Britain really starts to emerge from recession and get on its feet again trust the Labour Party, which got us into the mess in the first place, to come up with something utterly ruinous
- 25 January 2014
Mad tax authority abuse: US, Italy Germany, France etc
In France, if you take your significant other on a fancy date to McDonald’s and then carry your trash to the garbage, you’ll be guilty of providing “undeclared labor” and the tax police can then decide to impose taxes and fines because there could have been a taxable employee fulfilling that role. And there's more...
- 28 December 2013
Another misguided plan to burden America with a VAT
America needs the right kind of reform to save it from becoming another doomed welfare state. Allowing politicians to kick the can down the road by raising the VAT every couple of years is not the answer
- 5 December 2013
For any Fiscal Policy Question, Spending Restraint Is the Answer
Reducing the overall burden of government spending – measured as a share of economic output – should be the goal of fiscal policy
- 24 October 2013
Is October 3rd the worst day in American history?
October 3rd is the worst day in American history. Here's why...
- 4 October 2013
The All Time Big Government Hypocrisy Award
It really takes the biscuit when tax exempt international bureacrats lecture people on paying taxes. It's also a metaphor for the big government world in which we live
- 21 September 2013
Why do politicians refuse to understand that taxes affect productivity and entrepreneurship?
It needs to be understood that government policies have real-world effects and specifically that higher taxes will influence behavior
- 15 August 2013
Weekly Round-Up: Gibraltar, Israel, crimes of communism, UKIP, EU, Manning, and more
From Gibraltar to the EU; from anti-Americanism to anti-Israel; from the forgotten crimes of communism... See this quick round-up
- 2 August 2013
Kids are getting the tax issue, how about adults?
Modern kids seemingly have an innate understanding that taxation is theft. How awesome, and UKIP, is that?
- 30 July 2013
Who wins in the big government hypocrisy competition?
There’s something fundamentally wrong when people push for policies while making sure they don’t have to abide by the results. Yet it happens all the time in government
- 29 July 2013
OECD bureacrats in new diversionary plan to harm business and hike taxes
It is vital to reject the plans for more taxes. Appeasement won't work.
- 24 July 2013
The great green energy tax swindle
It seems that MPs don’t mind pricing poorer people out of heating their homes so rich people in London can feel good about saving the planet
- 5 July 2013
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