Tag: taxes
A Smart Gas Tax
April 29th, 2008, 11 Comments
The recent announcements by McCain and Clinton of their support for a temporary repeal of the Federal gas tax make me sick. More on why later, but first, I want to put forth my idea. I think both Republicans and Democrats would like it — as it’s based on market principles and achieves a reduction [...]
Taxes
April 10th, 2006, 1 Comment
Seen this morning on the Wordsmith list by Anu Garg: In late seventeenth century, William III of UK imposed a window tax, levied on each window in a house. Three hundred years later, William III of US imposed a Windows tax, levied on each personal computer manufactured, whether it had Windows or not.
