Minor Thoughts » Legalized Mugging http://minorthoughts.com In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. Wed, 28 Dec 2011 03:04:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Legalized Mugging http://www.minorthoughts.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fminorthoughts.com%2Fgovernment%2Flegalized-mugging%2F%23comment-&seed_title=Legalized+Mugging http://www.minorthoughts.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fminorthoughts.desertflood.com%2Fgovernment%2Flegalized-mugging%2F%23comment-&seed_title=Legalized+Mugging#comments Tue, 30 May 2006 12:15:23 +0000 Joe Martin http://www.minorthoughts.com/2006/05/30/legalized-mugging/ That’s certainly what this retroactive tax hike sounds like. Because 2006 taxes aren’t officially due until April 2007, this isn’t an ex post facto law. But I bet it certainly feels like one to the people paying the taxes.

This is exactly what I don’t trust government with the authority to tax. Chief Justice John Marhsall said: “The power to tax involves the power to destroy.” I think Congress may have destroyed a few jobs this month.

]]> That’s certainly what this retroactive tax hike sounds like. Because 2006 taxes aren’t officially due until April 2007, this isn’t an ex post facto law. But I bet it certainly feels like one to the people paying the taxes.

This is exactly what I don’t trust government with the authority to tax. Chief Justice John Marhsall said: “The power to tax involves the power to destroy.” I think Congress may have destroyed a few jobs this month.

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