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| Schumpeter Explains the Origins of the Modern Tax State |
| In the West, the “tax states” we now live under are relatively modern institutions, and they developed from earlier non-state civil governments that were often not primarily funded by taxes. |
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| The Wheels of Government Cheese |
| By trying to protect dairy farmers and raise their incomes, the government created a massive cheese surplus, then gave it away, thus harming the farmers they were trying to support. |
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| Rothbard’s Preferred Pronouns |
| We are not the government, and the government is not us. This abstraction hides the truth, teaching people to equate the state with “society,” “the people,” “the common good,” or other euphemisms. |
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