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Taxation and Other Tyranny

Will Grigg / Liberty Minute:
As James Madison explained in Federalist Paper number 10, the federated design of our republic encourages economic competition. Each state government can either prosper or suffer depending on the wisdom of its policies regarding taxation and regulation. State governments do try to deflect those costs on the public, of course. One good example is offered in a recent Washington Times story describing how "Several states and the District of Columbia are tracking down smokers who buy cheaper cigarettes out of their jurisdictions and have even begun tax-collection procedures that can end in liens put against the offender’s property."

Posted by Editor at July 3, 2009 08:37 AM