Do We Need the Post Office?
For immediate release (692 words) What should we do with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS)? The answer is obvious if you’re a fan of natural selection, economic markets or competition — or if you agree with the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street about monopolies and corporate subsidies. But if you’re someone who benefits from Read the full article…
Designing a ‘Fair’ Tax (2 of 2)
Second of two parts; for release Oct. 27 (762 words) Commentators from the left often refer to the “Bush tax cuts for the rich.” A 5.6-percent surtax on incomes above $1,000,000 has been proposed. The clear implication of the rhetoric is that the rich are under-taxed, are not paying their fair share and that the progressiveness Read the full article…
On Tax Fairness (1 of 2)
First of two parts; for release Oct. 26 (482 words) by Cecil Bohanon, Ph.D. If Ms. Jones has 100 times the income of Mr. Smith how much more tax liability should Ms. Jones incur? Fifty times? One hundred times? One hundred and fifty times? Is there some ratio consistent with so-called “social” justice? Public-choice economists ask a somewhat different Read the full article…
Indiana Is the Land of the Free — If Your Neighbor Approves
For immediate release (624 words) “Hell is other people,” quipped Jean Paul Sartre. Perhaps no one knows this better than the homeowner. If you live near fraternity row in a college town, you must endure bouts of drunken revelry in the wee hours. If you live near a hog farm, you must live with harsh Read the full article…
Inconvenient Facts About Indiana Tax Revenue
Indiana state and local government collected an average of $3,499 from each man, woman and child in 2010. Some believe this amount too much; others, too little. Regardless, data provided by Indiana University Public Policy Institute indicates that although taxes, like death, are inevitable, the actual amount collected fluctuates and is somewhat resistant to rate Read the full article…
A Sorely Needed Tutorial on Business and Capitalism
For immediate release (633 words) The New York Times reported some uninformed anti-business comments by an Indiana professor of philosophy. “Corporations are a particular threat to truth,” the professor began. ” . . . (Their) threat is most apparent in advertising, which explicitly aims at convincing us to prefer a product regardless of its actual Read the full article…
