On Fluffy Animals, Armed Bandits, and the Inner Logic of Libertarianism
This is a guest post by Dr. Vic McCracken, who is a Professor of Ethics and Theology at Abilene Christian …
Tag: legal plunder
Human Nature and the Free Society
By Edmund Opitz. —- Is there anything in the basic makeup of the men and women we know, or those …
The Flat Tax Revisited
Every four years, during the presidential election season, Republican candidates criticize the abuses of the IRS and the complexity of …
All Taxation is Theft
When it comes to governments the world over, bad economic policies usually beget more bad economic policies. That is especially …
Vikings and Legalized Plunder, oh my!
What do Vikings have to do with government? Find out in this video… This video is brought to you by …
The Divine Ordination of State Criminals and Legalized Crime (Part 2)
This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course essays by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and …
The Divine Ordination of State Criminals and Legalized Crime (Part 1)
This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course essays by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and …
What would the Twelve Apostles say about modern government?
This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course essays by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and …
The Evil Nature of the State
This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course essays by John Cobin, author of the great books Bible …
Government vs. The State
John Cobin, author of the great books Bible and Government and Christian Theology of Public Policy, has graciously agreed to …
The Criminality of War
Even without the WikiLeaks revelations that U.S. helicopter pilots gunned down twelve Iraqi civilians, that U.S. soldiers ignored brutal torture …
10 Things I Hate About Taxes: Epilogue
No, this is not #11, it really is just an epilogue – or an afterthought… I hope you attended or …
10 Things I Hate About Taxes: The Full Series
Ah taxation, how we despise thee. You make some richer, but most poorer. You daily remind us that we live …
10 Things I Hate About Taxes #10: Lost Prosperity
This is the tenth article in a series on taxation leading up to Tax Day, April 15. I think I’ve …
10 Things I Hate About Taxes #9: Taxation is Theft
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 show what a few of my favorite laissez-faire economists had to say about the evils of taxation.
10 Things I Hate About Taxes #8: Living in Fear
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 world could possibly understand it.
10 Things I Hate About Taxes #7: Caesar’s Benevolence
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 thing. Is this a valid conclusion?
10 Things I Hate About Taxes #6: Withholding Taxes
This is the sixth article in a series on taxation leading up to Tax Day, April 15. If we were …
10 Things I Hate About Taxes #5: Your Tax Dollars at Work
Think about all the crazy things you know your tax money pays for…
10 Things I Hate About Taxes #4: Privacy and Personal Income
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 upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
10 Things I Hate About Taxes #3: The Truth About Government Spending
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, grimy truth that no statist wants to hear: it isn’t how you are taxed that really matters, but how the government spends.
10 Things I Hate About Taxes #2: Newspeak
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).