Taxation

Taxation: The Price We Pay…

by Mike Maharrey | May 4, 2022 | Federal Power, Taxation

Tax day 2021 came and went. I don’t know about you, but my wallet is lighter. As always, I had to write a big check to the IRS. I was not pleased. But shouldn’t I take solace in the fact that I’m helping create a more civilized society? That’s the mantra, right?...

Starve the Beast: How States Can Take on the IRS

by Michael Boldin | Apr 14, 2017 | Strategy, Taxation

In the long-run, any plan for limiting the federal government to the enumerated powers of the Constitution must consider the 800-pound gorilla in the room. That is, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Small, but important steps towards liberty are happening in the...

Samuel Adams on Taxation

by Michael Boldin | Apr 16, 2016 | Audio/Video, Samuel Adams, Taxation

NOTE: The text below is an excerpt from “The Rights of the Colonists,” written by Samuel Adams on Nov. 20, 1772. The video is my quick take on taxes and an introduction to Adams’ view. -MB A Common Wealth or state is a body politick or civil society...

The Founders’ View vs. the Progressive Income Tax

by Tenth Amendment | Oct 4, 2015 | Taxation

by Burton W. Folsom, Originally Published at The Freeman America’s founders rejected the income tax entirely, but when they spoke of taxes they recognized the need for uniformity and equal protection to all citizens. “[A]ll duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform...

Federalist #12: To Tax or Not to Tax

by Mike Maharrey | Sep 25, 2015 | Alexander Hamilton, Federalist Papers, Taxation

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is the twelfth in a series of articles giving an introduction to the Federalist Papers, a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay promoting the ratification of the United States...

Freedom from the Income Tax

by Tenth Amendment | Apr 15, 2010 | Government, Liberty, Taxation

by Harry Browne, on April 15, 2003 Someday, I hope, April 15th will no longer be Tax Day (the day your income tax return must be filed) but instead will be known as Freedom Day â€” a day to remember the huge, expensive, intrusive, and meddling government that was once...

The 10th Amendment

“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”

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