Frank Taussig on the McKinley Tariff

Frank Taussig on the McKinley Tariff

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Tweet In the final edition of his remarkable Tariff History of the United States, the Harvard economist Frank Taussig (1859-1940) ended his chapter on the McKinley tariff of 1890 with this line (page 241): The act of 1890 boldly proposed something more: a radical extension of the protective system. The question of principle never was so squarely presented. He opens the next chapter (on the tariff of 1894) with this observation (page 243): THE QUESTION of principle which was […]

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You people think that cutting off government from its money supply will solve all your problems, you are really that stupid and delusional

You people think that cutting off government from its money supply will solve all your problems, you are really that stupid and delusional

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in reality if you did that Trump, Biden, Kamala, whatever (the pawn doesn’t really matter here tbh) would immediately call the army and impose martial law till the state started getting its taxes again you want to actually hurt the government? build like, 20 militias all across the nation and convince 10 million people to stop participating in the system, not just stop paying taxes, stop consuming products too, stop calling 911 too, stop sending their kids to […]

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Athletes Find New Way To Avoid Taxes

Athletes Find New Way To Avoid Taxes

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It felt groundbreaking when Shohei Ohtani did it with the Los Angeles Dodgers over a year ago. By the time Frank Vatrano did it with the Anaheim Ducks earlier this month, it was a certified California trend. Athletes, like everyone else, don’t like paying taxes. California has a top marginal income tax rate of 13.3 percent, plus there’s the top federal rate of 37 percent, so high-earners like athletes are forking over a lot of hard-earned money. But […]

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