Tag Archives: Taxes

#MathJustice and the Fiscal Fantasy of Social Justice Warriors

Posted on November 20, 2015 by The Political Hat

     A core axiom of the Left is that society is always designed and that things are a certain way because the state deemed it so.  Society, being but the ultimate tabula rasa, is manipulated, in this view, like so many … Continue reading →

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Common Core Economics: All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state

Posted on September 30, 2015 by The Political Hat

     Apparently elementary school children are being taught that jobs are created by government programs, with no other source of job creation being even considered.      Modern Day Progressives, doing the job that neither the Stalinists nor National Socialists could… Tweet

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Hillary! and the Reset of Capitalism

Posted on August 6, 2015 by The Political Hat

     Hillary Clinton is promising to “reset” capitalism, and under the guidance of the state be put into “balance“: “Capitalism itself,… [Hillary Clinton] said, “needs to be reinvented, it needs to be put back into balance.’ “Her speech, delivered at New … Continue reading →

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Eight Hundred Years Ago at Runnymede, Liberty Triumphed

Posted on June 15, 2015 by The Political Hat

     Eight hundred years ago today, the Magna Carta was signed at Runnymede.  This document confirmed ancient liberties and supremacy of law over the state, and stands as the cornerstone of not just English law, but of the entire Anglo-sphere, including … Continue reading →

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The EU and the Green Jobs Lie

Posted on May 28, 2015 by The Political Hat

     MEP Daniel Hannan lays out in a simple and succinct fashion, the obviousness of the fallacy of “Green jobs.”: Tweet

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Tax Day Mood Music

Posted on April 15, 2015 by The Political Hat

     Best Song Ever! (Tax Code Edition) Tweet

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Lee-Rubio Tax Reform Proposal

Posted on March 4, 2015 by The Political Hat

     Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) have proposed an overhaul of the tax code: “The proposal would cut the business tax rate to 25 percent (including for all pass-through business income, so that large and small businesses pay … Continue reading →

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Nevada State of the State 2015: Tax & Spend Republicans

Posted on January 20, 2015 by The Political Hat

     Fresh off of a historic election which saw Republicans in Nevada win both houses of the legislature and the Governorship for the first time since the 1920’s, and the first time to win all the partisan statewide offices in addition … Continue reading →

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Conservative Nevada Republican’s Self-Inflicted Stalingrad

Posted on December 23, 2014 by The Political Hat

     In November, the Republican Party in Nevada swept every statewide race and retook the state Senate.  Unexpectedly, they also gained ten seats in the forty-two seat Assembly to gain a 25-17 majority in that chamber for the first time since … Continue reading →

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Election Aftermath – Pudding Time!

Posted on November 5, 2014 by The Political Hat

     The Republican wave became a tsunami. In Nevada, it became a flood of Biblical Proportion! There is but one thing to say about this: It’s pudding time!      How bad was it?      This bad: Interesting stat: first time a president’s home … Continue reading →

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