Search Results for: Taxes
A Political Heuristic
I went over the November ballot with some friends and applied my new heuristic to some of the measures and candidates and it gave good insight. The heuristic I’m working with is that moving the ... Read MoreEliminate the Income Tax
It is Time to Eliminate the Income Tax. The Federal Government needs lots of money and they get most of it through income taxes. Unfortunately income taxes distort behavior, are volatile and are ext... Read MoreAmerica’s Candidate
“All the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy.” Al Smith Here is an idea that might give us better candidates for President. In the last elect... Read MoreIRS Unintended Consequences
A troubling result of politicizing the IRS and lying about it. The unintended consequence of the executive order that created DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) in 2012 is the current surge... Read MoreThe Big Bubble
The sub-prime housing bubble of 2008 was a classic bubble. It almost brought down the world financial system and did cause a recession in the United States that spread to most of the developed world... Read MoreFinal Exam
Tomorrow is the final exam on my June prediction that Obama will not be re-elected. I’m still confident that Romney will win and I do think that he is the best choice for the country but I don... Read MoreSimon Says Postcards 8/28/2102
Circa 1200 in Rothenburg they passed a compulsory tax to build city walls. This was followed by taxes to have city water, sewers and education. This explains the path we have inevitably followed... Read MoreEarly Government
In Rothenburg, Bavaria we were surrounded by evidence of the beginnings of the city state. I wrote the other day about the consequences of compulsory taxes for defense. Another early function of g... Read MoreMedieval Walls and Socialized Medicine
About 1200 in Rothenburg, Bavaria (pronounced rotenberg) in order to build a city wall they levied a tax on all of the properties within the walls of the city. The tax was unusual for the time in th... Read More- 2 of 3
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