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Patriotism, Loyalty, Tax Competition, and ‘Tax Fugitives’

By The Admiral | Published Sunday February 26th, 2012 @ 12:31 PM CDT

I fight to preserve tax competition, fiscal sovereignty, and financial privacy for the simple reason that politicians are less likely to impose destructive tax policy if they know that labor and capital can escape to jurisdictions with more responsible fiscal climates. My opponents in this battle are high-tax governments, statist international bureaucracies such as the [...]

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New Academic Study Confirms that Lower Tax Rates Are the Best Way to Reduce Tax Evasion

By The Admiral | Published Monday January 30th, 2012 @ 5:49 PM CDT

Leftists want higher tax rates and they want greater tax compliance. But they have a hard time understanding that those goals are inconsistent. Simply stated, people respond to incentives. When tax rates are punitive, folks earn and report less taxable income, and vice-versa. When tax rates increase, sometimes they engage in tax avoidance, lowering their [...]

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Schakowsky to Democrats: Vote for Obama So We Can Pass Single-Payer Health Care After November

By The Admiral | Published Thursday January 19th, 2012 @ 5:23 PM CDT

Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), who infamously argued for the death of the private insurance industry, and whose husband drafted the political blueprint for Obamacare from federal prison, told Democrats at a rally today that they had to re-elect President Barack Obama in order to achieve single-payer health care. The Hill reports (emphasis added): Schakowsky, a [...]

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