Understanding the Constitution: Income taxes, other taxes & the 16th Amendment
The Constitution granted Congress power to impose personal income taxes before ratification of the 16th Amendment, but the 16th Amendment facilitated the power. This essay explains the amendment’s background and effect. This essay also corrects several longstanding...
The Debt Ceiling and Inflation
Not surprisingly, both houses of Congress approved another increase in the debt ceiling and have sent the bill to President Biden, who will most assuredly sign it. The bill raises the debt ceiling to $31.5 trillion. This debt ceiling is expected to last through the...
Want War? You Pay for It!
James Madison warned us about the costs of war. War comes with an extremely high price tag. According to the Cost of War Project by the Watson Institute at Brown University, the U.S. spent $2.26 trillion on the war in Afghanistan alone. That comes to over $300 million...