It’s April 15th and so we celebrate two important

events, one good and the other bad.  The good

news is that we celebrate Jackie Robinson Day in MLB paying homage to one of

baseball’s all-time greats and a man of huge cultural significance in American history.  The bad news is that our taxes filings (and

often payments) are due.

In this podcast we make the moral argument against the

federal income tax and many other taxes that exist at the federal and state

levels.  Taxation is coercive.  Taxation forces people to pay for initiatives

they do not want nor support.  Tax policy

is used by the powerful and influential to rig markets, pit one group of people

against the other, and reward some at the expense of many.  Taxes fund immoral and foolish wars,

corporate welfare, a mass incarceration state and a variety of other unethical

and immoral policies.

We look at taxation through the lens of our

inalienable rights of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness and point out

the conflict.  We look at taxation

through the ideal of Equality under the Law and point out the conflict.  We look at taxation as one would in a Free

and Open Society and point out the conflict.

In this podcast we cover many topics including taxation as theft, the social contract, oppression of minorities, greed, taxation as punishment, fair share, trickle down, Tax Freedom Day, the history of the federal income tax, SALT deductions, tariffs, sales tax, corporate tax, property tax, federal income tax, state income tax, gas tax, the tax code as a social engineering model, electric vehicles, the cost of college, Poway Unified’s Billion Dollar Bond, taxation as a model of intolerance, progressive taxation, Amazon, Dept of Commerce, interest on the national debt, Social Security, education and roads.

We discuss various people including Rand Paul,

Thomas Sowell, Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Milton Friedman,

Dwight Eisenhower, John Collins and Richard Rider.

Fair Warning: 

This podcast is provocative.  Hang

on to your hat!

JRP0045

Links Referenced in Podcast:

Tax Freedom Day:  https://taxfoundation.org/publications/tax-freedom-day/  Dr. Rand Paul's Spring 2019 "Waste in Full Bloom" Edition of "The Waste Report" https://www.paul.senate.gov/dr-rand-pauls-spring-2019-waste-full-bloom-edition-waste-reportReason.com: Happy Tax Day! Here Are 6 Infuriating Ways the Government Spends Your Money: https://reason.com/2019/04/15/happy-tax-day-here-are-6-infuriating-ways-the-government-spends-your-money/?fbclid=IwAR00kik72I2OSO8a95sszjRaN-Eu_ahdcLonLWcyVhDEZ77ITiFQhe6JW0k

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