This shouldn’t be a debate over “raising taxes” and the “cutting taxes.” Rather, it should be about government spending less so that the tax burden on business is not so heavy. The way to growth is to make it easier, and cheaper, for businesses to grow, there by putting more money into the pockets of individuals to spend. You can’t with one hand run up big surpluses and with the other hand raise taxes or print more money. The result is a net loss, especially to those who can afford to save less.
Austerity? Europe never even got there.
May 10, 2012 by Daniel Burton
Filed Under: International Interest, The Economy Tagged With: Alexis Tsipras, austerity, deficit spending, Economics, Europe, France, Germany, Greece, Hollande, Merkel, wealth redistribution
Are you a terrorist? Frozen assets? Live in the UK? NO PROBLEM.
April 29, 2010 by Daniel Burton
I guess it’s not too much of a hardship to be a terrorism suspect, or at least married to one, and to have your assets frozen in the UK. European judges have just ruled that the state must continue paying social welfare benefits. In other words, the government freezes assets of suspected terrorists–both to fight […]
Filed Under: International Interest Tagged With: alice in wonderland, beneficiaries, EU, Europe, funding for terror, judges, social benefits, social welfare, terrorism, UK
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