Thoughts from the Frontline Archive, February 2017

Tax Reform: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Part Two
  • February 12, 2017

Tax Reform: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Part Two

“Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society.”

– Mark Skousen

“Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.”

– Ronald Reagan

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Tax Reform: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly—Part One
  • February 7, 2017

Tax Reform: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly—Part One

Vizzini: He didn’t fall?! Inconceivable!
Inigo Montoya: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

– From The Princess Bride

“A tariff is a scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his consumer.”
– Ambrose Bierce

“Vast possibilities matured into realities before their very eyes. Nevertheless, they saw nothing but cramped economies struggling with ever-decreasing success for their daily bread.”
– Joseph Schumpeter...

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