It looks like President Donald Trump is getting serious about implementing an Internet sales tax. Last year, he hinted that the United States government would slap the online world with a sales tax, and then he renewed these calls on Wednesday. The president stated that companies like Amazon are having a considerable effect on the […]
Archives for January 2018
6 random things for Friday (rent, black unemployment, ‘sh-thole countries’)
News Story of the Day: Americans are renters, and the data prove that. Rental income hit an all-time high in the first quarter of 2017 as Americans paid just under $486 billion in rent, up from $480.7 billion from 2016. What makes it worse for consumers is that rent is rising faster than wages. In 60 […]
Walmart raising minimum wage, offering bonuses, enhancing maternity leave thanks to tax cut
When you give businesses more of their money back, they will reinvest it in their company, whether it is expanding operations or remunerating staff. That is exactly what’s happening with Walmart, the international retail juggernaut. As a result of the federal government slashing the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to just over 20 percent, […]
WATCH: Government should allow you to sell your blood
Human blood is not a public resource. Your bodily fluids belong to you. The government should allow you to sell them, whether it is your sperm or your blood. These are the arguments made in a recent Learn Liberty video featuring Professor Peter Jaworski. Here is the video:
GOP tax reform does not save Americans from inflation tax
By: Brendan Brown The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) signed into law on December 22, 2017 promises no relief from one big tax on income — the inflation tax. Quite the contrary, there are strong grounds to expect this burden to increase as new and unannounced methods of collection evolve further. In recent years, the […]