Tax Cuts Will Help Defund Resentment Politics

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We Need Tax Cuts to Defuse Political Extremism:
https://fee.org/articles/you-should-favor-tax-cuts-especially-if-you-despise-trumpism/

(Jeffrey A. Tucker) Donald Trump has revived his earlier tax proposal that would (it appears) reduce taxes for everyone. The predictable debate has already begun with all the usual posturing.

Is this mainly for the rich? Any tax cut worth doing will disproportionately benefit the rich because the rich pay most of the taxes. That is a given, so anyone barking up this tree is just gaming the debate in hopes of inciting envy.

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My CommentaryJeffrey A. Tucker is as sharp as ever!

Statism: the Most Popular Death Cult in the History of Humanity

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Thomas Carlyle

Thomas Carlyle

Thomas Carlyle, the Founding Father of Fascism:
https://fee.org/articles/the-founding-father-of-fascism/

() Have you heard of the “great man” theory of history?

The meaning is obvious from the words. The idea is that history moves in epochal shifts under the leadership of visionary, bold, often ruthless men who marshall the energy of masses of people to push events in radical new directions. Nothing is the same after them.

In their absence, nothing happens that is notable enough to qualify as history: no heroes, no god-like figures who qualify as “great.” In this view, we need such men.  If they do not exist, we create them. They give us purpose. They define the meaning of life. They drive history forward.

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My Commentary: Statism: the most popular death cult in the history of humanity.

“…Within the state, all that is otherwise considered immoral, illegal, unseemly, and ghastly, can become, as blessed by the law, part of policy, civic virtue, and the forward motion of history. The state baptizes rampant immorality with the holy water of consensus.”