by James Fite | Jan 11, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
Republicans in the House of Representatives finally have a speaker to lead their majority, and they’re ready to hit the ground running. Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) reintroduced Tuesday, Jan. 10, the Fair Tax Act, a bill to repeal the national income tax and rein in – if...
by Andrew Moran | Feb 19, 2022 | Lights, Camera, Action, Opinion, Swamponomics, Taxes
It was almost an inevitability that states and counties would propose new taxes or tax hikes to cover their budget deficits, pension shortfalls, and outlandish pandemic sprees. The time has come. For more episodes, click...
by Andrew Moran | Aug 22, 2021 | Columns, Economic Affairs News, Good Reads, Opinion
Over the last 18 months, the United States government has approved trillions of dollars in new spending without figuring out how to pay for it. The Federal Reserve has been trying to bail out Washington, but the printing presses can only go so far. China is unwinding...
by Andrew Moran | Oct 11, 2020 | Articles, Business News, Columns, Economic Affairs News, International, Politics, Social Issues
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is giving Canadians a little nudge toward electric vehicles in the form of tax credits, deductions, and write-offs. Despite running a multi-billion-dollar federal deficit, even before the Coronavirus pandemic decimated the economy, the...
by Andrew Moran | Apr 14, 2019 | Articles, Business News, Economic Affairs News, Politics, Taxes
American philosopher and famous tax resister, Henry David Thoreau, wrote in his 19th-century journals: “Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify, simplify.” The free-enterprise may have heeded this advice, but not The Swamp. One of the first principles...