By: Ron Paul Last week the United States Supreme Court, in the case of South Dakota v. Wayfair, ruled that the Constitution’s Commerce Clause allows state governments to force out-of-state businesses to collect state sales taxes. This decision overturns the court’s precedent that a state could require only businesses with a “physical presence” in the […]
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Week in Review: June 18 to June 24
In case you missed any of this week’s articles, here is a round-up of some of the most read pieces written by the Economic Collapse News staff: Pave for Pizza: Domino’s to repair America’s roads – one town at a time Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) Should Be a Role Model for the Nation […]
Random Friday: Millennials relying on parents, immigration, New York subways
News Story of the Day: back in the day, as soon as you turned 18, you were out the door, ready to take on the world all by yourself (heck, kids would finish the eighth grade, go to business school, and start working!). Today, that’s not necessarily the case anymore – whining and protesting are the […]
The Cronyist Origins of Social Security
By: Brian Balfour In a story that could only happen in 2018, septuagenarian Bernie Sanders took to twitter to agree with someone called Cardi B – who my teenage daughter tells me is a popular singer – about the importance of strengthening Social Security. Sanders claimed that Social Security enables seniors to “retire with the dignity they […]
WATCH: The case for private roads – from Rothbard to Stossel
On news that Domino’s is repairing potholes in select cities across the country (SEE: Pave for Pizza: Domino’s to repair America’s roads – one town at a time), here are several videos that make the persuasive case for the private-enterprise system to take over infrastructure: