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Not all taxes are equal
In reality the Tax Freedom Day varies from individual to individual.
5 June 2024
In reality the Tax Freedom Day varies from individual to individual.
Diversity is one inevitable result of individual liberty. The freer a society the greater its diversity.
Protecting people from criminals is one thing; protecting them from themselves quite another. Like all victimless crime laws, these laws only make matters worse.
Central planning is simply not possible, and political manipulation of markets is likely to produce bad results far more often than it manages, by fluke, to get things right.
Social reality is far more complex than can be fully observed or accurately planned by authorities
This article was first published by Daily Friend on 23 March 2024 If you pay attention to what is happening, you can learn some basic principles
Each rand taken from a taxpayer is one rand less they have to spend on goods and services they value.
That is precisely what depoliticised markets are: bottom-up systems to try to solve problems.
The thing about free markets is we have no idea where the beneficial ideas will come from. Progress can’t be centrally planned, but is spontaneous. Progress isn’t designed, it evolves.
This article was first published by Business Day on 26 September 2023 Just moe than 20 years ago I debated in print a rather gloomy position about the