The basic argument against the estate tax is moral. It taxes virtue – living frugally and accumulating wealth. It discourages saving and asset accumulation and encourages wasteful spending. — Milton Friedman Earlier this week, I attended a Capitol Hill policy briefing hosted by the American Family Business Foundation on repealing the estate-tax (commonly referred to [...]
There is a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives entitled " H.R. 1905: Iran Threat Reducation Act of 2011" which continues the so far unsuccessful U.S. policy of using economic sanctions to change the Iranian government's behavior. In Title III Section 301 of the bill, the president is required with very little constraints [...]
The following release is from Senator Paul's office: WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee giving members merely 48 hours to read and discuss the 868-page No Child Left Behind/Elementary and Secondary Education Act amendment bill, Sen. Rand Paul filed 74 amendments of his own and immediately [...]
