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Free at Last
Tax Freedom Day is today. Congratulations. At the rate we're going, next year you'll have to work well into May before the money you earn is yours and not the big spenders'.
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Foreign aid outlays do nothing to promote international development. Public schools spend ever more to impart ever less knowledge. The panoply of farm subsidy programs is a public embarrassment. Energy subsidies have enriched big firms without providing new, cost-effective sources of energy. And so it goes.
But don't worry, be happy. At least you've finally stopped paying for government this year. Unless you live in Connecticut. Or one of the other 16 higher-tax jurisdictions.
And just wait until next year.
About the Author
Doug Bandow is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and the Senior Fellow in International Religious Persecution at the Institute on Religion and Public Policy. A former Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan, he is author of Beyond Good Intentions: A Biblical View of Politics (Crossway).
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