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Gains on Commodity Sales a Real Loser of a Tax The IRS forces taxpayers to shell out for imaginary gains on commodity sales

by Richard W. Rahn | Aug 30, 2016

Would you be in favor of a tax that loses money for the government, and penalizes entrepreneurship, job creation and economic growth? Only muddy-brained or mean-spirited people would favor such a tax — yet many such people are found in the Internal Revenue Service and...

Causing Less Harm by Doing Nothing Climate change projects spend enormous sums with no effect

by Richard W. Rahn | Aug 23, 2016

It has not only been a waste of money, it has done real harm. Some trillions of hard-earned taxpayer dollars have been spent to combat global warming over the last three decades. Has the expenditure of all of this money reduced global temperatures from where they...

The Case for Free Trade Commerce grows best unencumbered by high tariffs or taxes

by Richard W. Rahn | Aug 16, 2016

Do you support free trade? Many business people, politicians and workers say they are in favor of free trade, “but with conditions” — because they can see and feel the job losses but not the job and income gains. Consumers benefit from free trade — in terms of lower...

Stepping on the Bureaucrat’s Cape Congress must rein in special immunities for federal employees

by Richard W. Rahn | Aug 8, 2016

Should government employees have privileges and legal immunities that the rest of us do not have? The government shutdown battle is, in part, a dispute about the extra subsidies members of Congress and their staffs are slated to get from Obamacare. Civilian government...

Wild Charges over Hacking of the DNC If Putin wanted to help a candidate, he would choose Hillary

by Richard W. Rahn | Aug 2, 2016

Did the Russians hack the emails of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Hillary Clinton? The answer is almost certainly “yes,” but that does not mean that the DNC and other emails were released on behalf of the Kremlin to help Donald Trump. The basis for my...

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