by Matthew Bransgrove | Oct 9, 2015 | Taxation
If, in taxing labor and manufactures, we exceed a certain proportion, we discourage industry, and destroy that labor and those manufactures. The like may be said of trade and navigation; they will bear but limited burdens: And we find by experience, that when higher...
by Matthew Bransgrove | Oct 9, 2015 | Taxation
The proprietor of stock is necessarily a citizen of the world, and is not necessarily attached to any particular country. He would be apt to abandon the country in which he was exposed to a vexatious inquisition, in order to be assessed to a burdensome tax, and would...
by Matthew Bransgrove | Oct 9, 2015 | Taxation
When the law interferes with people’s pursuit of their own values, they will try to find a way around. They will evade the law, they will break the law, or they will leave the country. Few of us believe in a moral code that justifies forcing people to give up much of...
by Matthew Bransgrove | Oct 9, 2015 | Taxation
Every man is under the natural duty of contributing to the necessities of the society; and this is all the laws should enforce on him. —Thomas Jefferson. Letter to Francis Gilmer, June 17. 1816. Taxation is a necessary evil—evil because it is a seizure of private...
by Matthew Bransgrove | Oct 9, 2015 | Registers
Persons or businesses whose vocations have the potential to cause serious property or bodily harm should be publicly registered so that: Minimum standards can be required; The public can have a definitive way of checking credentials; Members can be disbarred in the...
