NOTE August 8, 2017: The marginal and effective U.S. Tax rates mentioned in this 2011 post have been supported by research conducted by Thomas Piketty (Paris School…
Posts published in “Law”
With the end of the recent Supreme Court term and some of its more ludicrous decisions, I thought it was time to reread the Bill…
The Second Amendment: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear…
The federal (centralized, primary national leadership) system in most countries has a lot of power — such as a national sales tax, national education system,…
Regardless, calling something “direct democracy” does make it sound, to the public, as if they are in control. On this matter, I must admit Chomsky…
A curious survey was conducted in Europe by The Economist, using the size of Europe as a starting point for developing the questions. Remember that…
I was asked: “What and when was the last federal referendum in the USA? How much of what kind of legislation is subject to referendum…