By Logan Albright The spectre of income inequality is one that refuses to be silenced in a political climate saturated with news of Occupy protestors, AIG bonuses and faceless corporations deemed too big to fail. The level of outrage is understandable, but it’s time to acknowledge that decades of government redistribution of wealth through taxes … Continue reading
Author Archives: Logan Albright
Tax Revenue as a Percentage of GDP: A Flawed Metric
By Logan Albright In the context of mounting concerns over the rapidly increasing national debt, the issue of tax revenue is frequently raised. Currently, revenue from federal taxes is at about 14.4% of GDP. Add in state and local taxes and this number rise to 24%. What does this mean in the broader international and … Continue reading
Obama the Central Planner
By Logan Albright A number of recent announcements from the White House continue to emphasize the fact that Barack Obama simply doesn’t understand how a market economy functions. Undaunted by the Solyndra fiasco and similar failures, the president persists in his belief that it is both appropriate and wise to use government resources to prop … Continue reading
How Technology Strengthens the Argument for Liberty
By Logan Albright The first century after the founding of the United States of America is remembered as one of the greatest success stories of all time. By laying down a simple set of rules limiting the role of government to protecting property rights and allowing citizens to conduct business as they saw fit, we … Continue reading
Conservatives and Science
By Logan Albright A recent study in the American Sociological Review has found that politically conservative Americans are more distrustful of the scientific community than in the past. This relatively straightforward conclusion has is not in itself insulting, and the authors deserve credit for adopting a politically neutral tone, but misinterpretation of the study is … Continue reading
Post Office Cuts a Double Edged Sword
By Logan Albright Last week, the U.S. Postal Service announced plans to close facilities, lay off workers and generally reduce the quality of service in order to cut costs. For advocates of limited government, this is both good and bad news. The Post Office has long drawn scorn and ridicule for its reputation as embodying … Continue reading
Obama’s Corporate Tax Plan: More Politics than Reform
By Logan Albright Today, President Obama unveiled a plan to cut the corporate tax rate from its current level of 35 percent to 28 percent while eliminating deductions and loopholes with the aim of raising $250 billion of additional revenue over the next ten years. On its face, this sounds like a sensible proposal designed … Continue reading
DON’T Do It For The Diploma
By Logan Albright This column is in response to a post written by Catherine Kus yesterday on this very blog. In it, she argues for mandatory schooling until the age of eighteen, as proposed by President Obama in his State of the Union Address. While I respect Catherine’s passion and verve about this issue, in … Continue reading
STOCK Act a Testament to Government Inefficiency
By Logan Albright This week, Americans will likely witness that rarest of moments in our political system—consensus. In a time when the ideological divide between Democrats and Republicans seems to be deeper than ever, the thought of agreement between both parties in the legislative and executive branch seems like little more than childish fancy. Yet, … Continue reading
The Fictional Problem of Income Inequality
By Logan Albright With the rise of the Occupy Wall Street movement and the persistently high levels of unemployment we have seen over the last few years, the issue of income inequality is becoming increasingly important in the national discourse. Cries that the one percent has succeeded at the expense of the ninety-nine percent, egged … Continue reading
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