Ten Things I Hate About Taxes

10 Things I Hate About Taxes: Epilogue

Economics

No, this is not #11, it really is just an epilogue – or an afterthought… I hope you attended or supported your local Tea Party today – Tax Day 2009. ...

10 Things I Hate About Taxes: The Full Series

Economics

Ah taxation, how we despise thee. You make some richer, but most poorer. You daily remind us that we live not in a free society, but under shackles. Let us ...

10 Things I Hate About Taxes #10: Lost Prosperity

Economics

This is the tenth article in a series on taxation leading up to Tax Day, April 15. I think I’ve saved the best for last… I was linked by LewRockwell.com ...

10 Things I Hate About Taxes #9: Taxation is Theft

Economics

I have already said and illustrated this numerous times in previous articles, but I will say it once again: Taxation is theft, period. To continue this theme, I'd like to ...

10 Things I Hate About Taxes #8: Living in Fear

Economics

To say that the tax code is complicated would be the understatement of the century. It is, in fact, far beyond complicated, so much so that no one in this ...

10 Things I Hate About Taxes #7: Caesar’s Benevolence

Christian Ethics

Many Christians believe that paying taxes is fulfilling the Biblical command to show compassion to the poor. We just need to "render to Caesar" and Caesar will do the right ...

10 Things I Hate About Taxes #6: Withholding Taxes

Economics

This is the sixth article in a series on taxation leading up to Tax Day, April 15. If we were required to pay all our taxes for the year on ...

10 Things I Hate About Taxes #5: Your Tax Dollars at Work

Economics

Think about all the crazy things you know your tax money pays for...

10 Things I Hate About Taxes #4: Privacy and Personal Income

Economics

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but ...

10 Things I Hate About Taxes #3: The Truth About Government Spending

Economics

Politicians, especially Republicans, love to talk about "cutting taxes," and in some cases they actually do cut some taxes and ease the burden of all. Unfortunately, this masks the dirty, ...

10 Things I Hate About Taxes #2: Newspeak

Economics

Governments manipulate language for their own purposes constantly. It allows them to circumvent truth in the public square (at least to the unobservant eye and ear).

10 Things I Hate About Taxes #1: Lost Productivity

Economics

Ever wondered how much time and money are lost through federal tax returns? It actually is rather astounding even by conservative estimates. Let's run the numbers in back-of-the-envelope style ...

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