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THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2023

The imposition of the [income] tax will corrupt the people. It will bring in its train the spy and the informer. It will necessitate a swarm of officials with inquisitorial powers. It is a direct step toward centralization…. It breaks another canon of taxation in that it is expensive in its collection and cannot be fairly gathered;… and finally, it is contrary to the traditions and principle of republican government.
 
Representative Robert Adams [1894]

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January 5, 2023
The Evil Strategy of "Degrading" Russia
One of the fascinating aspects of the war in Ukraine has been the extreme reluctance of the mainstream press and Pentagon-CIA supporters to acknowledge, much less condemn, the Pentagon for its role in bringing about this war. After all, the two concepts — the Pentagon’s bringing about the crisis and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — are not mutually exclusive. You can have both ...
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