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Tax season under Trump’s plan would likely be just as complicated but slightly less painful.

Is each dollar value the average for that category or is it really the average for a family with $88,871 in annual income?

Rubio and Lee do make definite improvements but sadly, this good is largely undone by a well-meaning but naive tilt of the playing field towards parents.

David John Marotta was recently interviewed on radio 1070 WINA’s Schilling Show discussing Nevada’s universal school choice.

2016 Presidential hopeful Rand Paul has released a sketch of an intriguing tax plan.

You shouldn’t invest in what you don’t understand.

Organic food has a reputation for being healthier than non-organic food, but neither of these claims should be taken at face value.

This is a complete list of the budgets and purposes of the federal agencies that begin with the letter A.

Taxes hurt ordinary folks before the extraordinary ones, and it can hurt them badly.

Hamilton, like our current president, sees people as temporary holders of wealth until such time as the government decides to expand.

The arguments for greater government power have always been the same.

The only time the original terms of the Constitution have been explicitly rejected and changed was to give the government the right to tax people unequally.

From the blind eye of the law, this seems like a violation of SEC regulation.

We expect the Garrett Planning Network to quickly take down these SEC violations from their website in response.

It isn’t too late to print a retraction.

The legal defense of Harold Hamm hinged on the belief that his wealth was the result of happenstance.

In 2013, Nancy Pelosi said “there’s no cuts to make,” but that’s ridiculous.

“They find whatever is different and peck it to death.”

Is it fair for the government to confiscate a full quarter of the average person’s earnings every year? Where does it all go?

The domestic spying of the executive branch deserves our outrage. Efforts like “Citizenfour” that keep the issue in the public eye deserve our support.

An unlimited power to tax necessarily involves a power to destroy.

Income taxes are the largest portion of the federal government’s annual tax haul. But who foots the bill?

Obama evidently believes that politicians are elected to make a difference in the lives of Americans. The problem is that no one can opt out of a federal impact.

See the math behind the dangers of having such a large number of people employed by government.

The loudest tend to drown out competitors regardless of whose reasoning is better.

A short documentary film showing how the media thrives on misleading headlines.

Our governments employ 17.44 million people, 14.90% of the full-time working-age US population. This is larger than the 14 least-populous states put together.

With trillions of dollars to spend, you’d think the least the government could do is maintain consistent records.

The GPRA Modernization Act of 2010 had a vision: to “provide Congress and the public a clearer picture of the programs that exist across the Federal government.” Like most things in government, it failed to live up to its goals.

Despite a government “of the people, by the people, for the people”, I have found myself told time-and-again, “You’re on your own”.

Here is one of the most brilliant breakthroughs in all of food science and how it relates to almost every aspect of life.

A mob boss exercises absolute control over his many followers and profits from the often criminal activities of his organization.

It is illegal to sell contacts in the United States without requiring a prescription. A Federal Trade Commission regulation provides penalties of up to $11,000 per violation.

The United States is the only country that imposes a tax on all income the company makes whether it is earned within or outside the country.

Does the Joint Economic Committee live up to anything in its name?

These noble-sounding goals intuitively appear useful, but the federal government has only two ways to encourage change and neither of them helps in this case.

Unfortunately, Obama’s good intentions are thwarted by the economic principle formulated by banker Charles Goodhart.

Increased pressure will only force more teachers to choose between their integrity and their salaries.

The average factory-farmed frozen turkey from a grocery story is sold for as little as $0.67 per pound. Economics can offer five explanations.

Unless McConnell is willing to risk a government shutdown, he will ultimately have to acquiesce to Obama’s wishes.

David John Marotta was interviewed discussing government waste and what would happen if parts of the government were shut down.

There are thirteen states so far. Does your state allow them?

Last year plans were being cancelled. This year, citizens are receiving notifications of rate hikes in the double digits. Is this really happening?

As a libertarian and former chess prodigy, I enjoyed very much an address by Gary Kasparov at the Cato Institute entitled, “The Influence of American Values.”

While I agree with the study, I don’t know that I agree with the prescribed solutions suggested.

We e-mailed all the senatorial candidates inviting them to be interviewed on our blog. Of all the candidates, Robert Sarvis, the Libertarian 2014 Virginia Senatorial candidate, was the only one to respond.

What if only enough redistribution were applied so that the top 1% (or whatever top segment) has just 15% of all wealth instead of 40% or whatever it is now?

Government-run lotteries have a sordid and monopolistic past. Should we enforce a separation of sin and state?

The Whiskey Rebellion established the sovereignty of “we the people” to tax and oppress any selected group.

There are five ways that both you and the government could make charitable giving more significant.