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The Constitution and the Minimum Corporate Tax Agreement
Earlier I posted (here and here) some general thoughts about the idea of a global minimum corporate tax. Some objections have been raised to its constitutionality (see here from the Wall Street Journal editors). Having taken a closer look at the agreement (such as...
Tyrants of the Nanny State: When the Government Thinks It Knows Best
We labor today under the weight of countless tyrannies, large and small, carried out in the so-called name of the national good by an elite class of governmental and corporate officials who are largely insulated from the ill effects of their actions. We, the middling...
When Are Secrets Not Secret?
“Three people can keep a secret if two of them are dead.”- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) Last week, President George W. Bush’s torture regime reared its head in an unusual argument before the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2002, Abu Zubaydah was captured by...
The Police State’s Reign of Terror Continues, With Help from the Supreme Court
You think you’ve got rights? Think again. All of those freedoms we cherish—the ones enshrined in the Constitution, the ones that affirm our right to free speech and assembly, due process, privacy, bodily integrity, the right to not have police seize our property...