Articles by Laurence M. Vance on Taxation
"Friedman’s Mistake,"
The Free Market
, November 1996
Book Review:
Global Taxes for World Government
,
The Freeman
, September 1998
"Tax Credit or Income Transfer?"
LewRockwell.com
, April 2004
"Time for a National Review of Gas Taxes,"
LewRockwell.com
, May 2004
"The Republican Welfare State (Yet Again),"
Mises Daily
, April 2005
"The Curse of the Withholding Tax,”
Mises Daily
, April 2005
"The FairTax Fraud,”
Mises Daily
, May 2005
"Down with the Withholding Tax,"
The Free Market
, July 2005
"There Is No Such Thing As a Fair Tax,"
Mises Daily
, December 2005
"Flat Tax Folly,"
Mises Daily
, April 2006
"Dear Congressman,"
LewRockwell.com
, June 2006
"The Fraudulent Tax,"
Mises Daily
, October 2006
"Funding Leviathan, Part 1,"
Freedom Daily
, March 2007
"Funding Leviathan, Part 2,"
Freedom Daily
, April 2007
"Real Tax Reform,”
Mises Daily
," April 2007
"Is Making Taxes ‘Fair’ the Answer?"
The New American
, May 12, 2008
"There Is Still No Such Thing As a Fair Tax,"
Mises Daily
, May 2008
"The Flat Tax Is Not Flat,"
The New American
, October 21, 2008
"The Flat Tax Is Not Flat and the Fair Tax Is Not Fair,"
Mises Daily
, April 2009
Reflections on the IRS: "Working for no one but him,"
Liberty
, May 2009
"Taxes: Are the Rich Paying Their Fair Share?"
The New American
, April 8, 2010
Reflections on the Flat Tax: "Taxed out,"
Liberty
, April 2010
"Can a Tax Be 'Fair'?"
Campaign for Liberty
, April 2010
"Tax Cuts for the Good Guys,"
The New American
, November 11, 2010
"A Libertarian View of the Estate Tax,"
Future of Freedom Foundation Commentaries
, December 2010
"Cut the Tax Cuts,"
Future of Freedom Foundation Commentaries
, December 2010
"Is GE Paying Its Fair Share?"
Future of Freedom Foundation Commentaries
, April 2011
"The Flat Tax Is Not Flat and the FairTax Is Not Fair,"
LewRockwell.com
, May 2011
"Tax Credits Are Not Subsidies,"
Future of Freedom Foundation Commentaries
, June 2011
"Why Do Republicans Want to Raise Taxes?"
Future of Freedom Foundation Commentaries
, September 2011
"Taxing the Rich,"
Future of Freedom Foundation Commentaries
, October 2011
"Pay Up or Die,"
LewRockwell.com
, February 2012
"Stupid Rule, Stupid Republicans,"
LewRockwell.com
, February 2012
"Tax-Credit Hypocrisy,"
Future of Freedom Foundation Commentaries
, March 2012
"Welfare for the Masses,"
Future of Freedom Foundation Commentaries
, March 2012
"Our Marxist Tax Code,"
The New American
, April 10, 2012
"When a Flat Tax Is Still a Progressive Tax,"
The New American
, September 18, 2012
"Americans Are Already Double and Triple Taxed,"
The New American
, October 1, 2012
"Should More People Pay Taxes?"
Future of Freedom Foundation Commentaries
, October 2012
"Republicans Miss the Point on Tax Cuts,"
Future of Freedom Foundation Commentaries
, November 2012
"Tax Credit or Income Transfer?"
The New American
, April 1, 2013
"All Taxation Is Theft,"
FFF Daily
, April 2013
"The Worst Part of the Constitution,"
LewRockwell.com
, April 2013
"The Importance of Tax Deductions,"
The New American
, April 24, 2013
"Why Were the Bush Tax Cuts Not Initially Made Permanent?"
LewRockwell.com
, May 2013
"Where Is the Conservative Outrage over the IRS?"
FFF Daily
, June 2013
"Winning an Olympic Gold Medal Can Be a Taxing Experience,"
FFF Daily
, March 2014
"Republicans and Refundable Tax Credits,"
LewRockwell.com
, April 2014
"Taxes: Are the Poor Paying Their Fair Share?"
The New American
, April 14, 2014
"The Implications of Revenue-Neutral Tax Reform,"
FFF Daily
, May 2014
"Why Not Five Percent?"
The New American
, July 14, 2014
"Progressive Tax Reform,"
LewRockwell.com
, July 2014
"Sound Tax Policy,"
LewRockwell.com
, September 2014
"Conservatives Just Don't Get It on Taxes,"
FFF Daily
, January 2015
"Why Do Some Republicans Want to Raise Your Taxes?"
LewRockwell.com
, January 2015
"Obama's Tax Proposals: A Libertarian Analysis,"
LewRockwell.com
, January 2015
"What Is the Libertarian View of Taxes?"
LewRockwell.com
, February 2015
"Subsidize the Poor, Soak the Rich,"
LewRockwell.com
, April 2015
"The Flat Tax Revisited,"
LewRockwell.com
, July 2015
"No Tax Is Libertarian,"
PanAm Post
, July 2015
"Why Do Libertarians Pay Taxes?"
LewRockwell.com
, July 2015
"The Forgotten Tax Increase,"
LewRockwell.com
, January 2016
"10 Other Things You Absolutely Need to Know about Taxes,"
LewRockwell.com
, January 2016
"The Fatal Flaw,"
Future of Freedom
, February 2016
"The Clinton-Sanders-Republican Principles of Taxation,"
FFF Daily
, February 2016
"The Refundable Tax Credit Scam,"
LewRockwell.com
, March 2016
"The Line 24 Tax Deduction,"
LewRockwell.com
, April 2016
"Getting It Backwards on Welfare and Tax Deductions,"
FFF Daily
, June 2016
"Abolish the Corporate Income Tax,"
FFF Daily
, September 2016
"Republican Tax Scams,"
LewRockwell.com
, October 2016
"Six Other Reasons to Lower the Corporate Tax Rate Immediately,"
LewRockwell.com
, May 2017
"Trump's Tax Plan: A Brief Libertarian Analysis,"
LewRockwell.com
, May 2017
"The SALT Deduction,"
LewRockwell.com
, June 2017
"We Already Have a Universal Basic Income,"
LewRockwell.com
, June 2017
"Americans Are Quadruple Taxed,"
LewRockwell.com
, July 2017
"Do Tax Deductions Violate the Non-Aggression Principle?"
LewRockwell.com
, July 2017
"How to Pay for Tax Cuts,"
LewRockwell.com
, August 2017
"Feeling Helpless against the IRS?"
Future of Freedom
, September 2017
"Mayweather's Next Fight,"
The New American
, September 2017
"The Implication of Revenue-Neutral Tax Reform,"
Forbes
, September 2017
"The GOP Tax Reform Plan: A Preliminary Libertarian Analysis,"
LewRockwell.com
, October 2017
"What Is the Optimal Top Marginal Income Tax Rate?"
FFF Daily
, October 2017
"The GOP Tax Reform Plan: A Libertarian Analysis,"
LewRockwell.com
, November 2017
"Conservatives and Libertarians for Higher Taxes,"
LewRockwell.com
, November 2017
"What Makes Tax Reform Libertarian?"
LewRockwell.com
, December 2017
"Of Course Tax Cuts Benefit the Rich,"
The New American
, December 28, 2017
"The Welfare Expanding Tax Reform Bill,"
LewRockwell.com
, January 2018
"Paycheck Plus Welfare,"
Future of Freedom
, January 2018
"Welfare that Dare Not Speak It's Name,"
The New American
, March 14, 2018
"Kamala Harris Must Be a Republican,"
LewRockwell.com
, January 2019
"Tax the Rich?"
LewRockwell.com
, January 2019
"Your Tax Dollars at Work,"
Future of Freedom
, January 2019
"Tax Cut or Welfare Increase,"
FFF Daily,"
May 2019
"Please Tax Us,"
LewRockwell.com
, July 2019
"We Need More Tax Credits and Loopholes,"
LewRockwell.com
, August 2019
"Americans Certainly Do Need a Payroll Tax Cut,"
FFF Daily,
September 2019
"The Specter of Communism Is Haunting Illinois,"
Future of Freedom
, September 2019
"Hands off My Cadillac,"
FFF Daily,
October
2019
"Are Americans Undertaxed?"
Future of Freedom
, March 2020
"What All the Democratic Presidential Candidates Have in Common,"
FFF Daily,
March 2020
"Joe Biden Inadvertently Schools Conservatives and Libertarians on Tax Deductions,"
LewRockwell.com
, March 2020
"The Wrong Solution to Welfare Marriage Penalties,"
FFF Daily,
March 2020
"Right Policy, Wrong Reason,"
FFF Daily,
April 2020
"Trump, Taxes, and the Rich,"
LewRockwell.com
, October 2020
"The UBI, CTC, EITC, and the GOP,"
FFF Daily,
April 2021
"Is There a VAT in Our Future?"
Future of Freedom
, August 2021
"Rich Liberals See the Light on Higher Taxes,"
LewRockwell.com
, October 2021
"Is Elon Musk Paying His Fair Share?
FFF Daily,
January 2022
"The Fair Tax Is the Tax that Will Not Die,"
Mises Wire
, June 2022
"No One Should Have His Tax Returns Released,"
FFF Daily,
January 2023
"Libertarian Plan to Simplify Taxpaying Misses the Mark,"
FFF Daily,
May
2023
"'Tax Expenditures' Is a Misnomer,"
Future of Freedom
, August 2023
"Proud to Pay?"
LewRockwell.com
, February 2024
"It's Not Just Liberals Who Are Clamoring for Tax Increases,"
FFF Daily, February
2024