Help Us Figure Out How Many Americans Protested On Tax Day

Hurry! There are only a few hours left, because we want to be able to get this story up tomorrow. Taylor Cottam at EconomyPolitics wants to compile a comprehensive list of tea party attendance on tax day last week based on local media reports.

All we need is for you to volunteer to take one or two states, use Google to find media reports for tea party attendance in the top five cities (maybe a couple more in bigger states), and then report those to Taylor. More information here.

Let's show the world how many Americans believe in limited government, individual liberty, and the rule of law!

Thomas Sowell Returns

By: Thomas Winslow Hazlett Reason

Tax Bill Is Beginning of Formal Debt Criminalization

The noose is tightening on liberty. The United States Congress is steadily headed to a place where those who owe money to the US government shall be treated criminally. This phenomenon is advancing domestically and now, increasingly, internationally. The first shot in this latest campaign took place in 2010 when US President Barack Obama signed into law The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act. It demanded, basically, that foreign banks withhold up to 30 percent of the income that an American abroad might earn. This bill isn't working so well because overseas banks are not cooperating (a state of affairs that was certainly expected). Thus, there is a need for something else: Senate Bill 1813, recently introduced by Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA). This bill, in part, states that taxpayers with unpaid taxes over US$50,000 may find their passports confiscated. This isn't criminal per se, but the IRS has recently made noises about "sharing" information with police a...

Why Libertarianism Is So Dangerous (video)

A former libertarian abandons his dream of a voluntary world and explains the potential worse case scenario after the overnight disappearance of government. The ending will SHOCK you! Via: School Sucks Project . Fist bump: Anthony Gregory .

The Humble Libertarian original

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