Tax Politics
The Politics of Taxes
The Gender Pay Gap Myth is Still a Fallacy
Phil Gramm and John Early do a great job refuting the persistent concept of a gender pay gap in the Wall Street Journal. Whatever gap exists doesn’t stem from gender discrimination but rather from job choices. The pay gap as published is calculated each year by...
Hunter Biden’s “Statute of Limitations”
It has been widely written that the criminal charges against Hunter Biden, with respect to his tax evasion, were severely hampered because the IRS let the statute of limitations lapse. But it is clear to anybody that’s ever worked with the IRS that this is blatant...
Inflation is Still Inflation
President Biden and his cohorts in the White House, have been making the point recently that things are good now that inflation has come way down from its highs. In making these assertions, he is trying to take advantage of what he perceives is the economic ignorance...
Trade is a Technology
Don Boudreaux is one of the authors of Cafe Hayek, a fantastic, long-running newsletter on economics. If you aren't reading it, you should. Below is his short and marvelous analogy, "Trade is a Technology." I have reproduced it below. "You ask: “What is the shortest...
Unveiling Darkness: Rampant Antisemitism Within NYU
“Israel bears full responsibility for this tremendous loss of life…I will not condemn Palestinian resistance.” These are the words of former NYU Law Student Bar Association President Ryna Workman, issued via the association's email list to as many as 2,000 students....
The White House and Israel Criticism
The White House has taken a fairly strong stand in its support of Israel since the start of the Hamas war, so it is particularly loathsome that it has not done the same with the onslaught of dissent from within the bureaucracy. The Agency for International...