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Government Attack on Prostitution ends in woman's death
Sad news this morning (here and here) that a lady involved in the "high end" prostitution business killed herself because of government prosecution -- she knew her life was over since she would be in prison for the best
years of her remaining life (from her perspective).
Her mother found the "D.C. Madam" hanged in the shed -- with a note announcing her intention.
Shows what needless government regulation of a peaceful consensual business leads to. Sad it had to end this way -- regardless of what one's personal moral convictions are on this issue.
WSJ: Lack of Civil Liberties Breeds Terrorism
An article in today's Wall Street Journal quotes a Princeton economist discussing the causes of terrorism:
"There is no evidence of a general tendency for impoverished or uneducated people to be more likely to support terrorism or join terrorist organizations than their higher-income, better-educated countrymen," he said. The Sept. 11 attackers were relatively well-off men from a rich country, Saudi Arabia. "When nonviolent means of protest are curtailed," he says, "malcontents appear to be more likely to turn to terrorist tactics."
New Economics Department Rankings
July 2, 2007 11:06 AM
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Does caffeine make you smarter?
January 25, 2007 1:45 PM
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WSJ interview with Milton Friedman
January 22, 2007 10:10 AM
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AMT repeal?
January 5, 2007 10:32 AM
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Wealthy Are Fleeing France's Wealth Tax in France
July 17, 2006 11:31 AM
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Estate Tax Repeal As a Gay Rights Issue
June 7, 2006 9:00 PM
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Charles Adams on CSPAN2
April 19, 2006 2:00 PM
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Poll: Cheating on Taxes Worse Than Abortion, Marijuana or Gay Sex
April 11, 2006 4:19 PM
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Woman leaves entire $1.1 million estate to pay down national debt
January 23, 2006 3:39 PM
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Free Tax Deduction Software
January 16, 2006 9:59 AM
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Another Tax Song
August 16, 2005 12:39 PM
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A Tax Song: "Taxes Are Best When You Pay Nothing At All"
August 11, 2005 3:27 PM
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Greenspan Rejects Estate Tax Repeal Without Offsets
July 28, 2005 9:44 AM
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Expanding Reach of the Individual AMT
July 17, 2005 1:36 PM
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Man Turns Down 24 Round Trip Airline Tickets Because of Tax Concerns
July 14, 2005 1:29 PM
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New paper
July 6, 2005 1:09 PM
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Tax Withholding and Tax Consciousness
April 26, 2005 10:16 AM
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Tax Problems #1 Cause of Bankruptcy
April 25, 2005 10:44 AM
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Lew Rockwell in Michigan
April 8, 2005 2:22 PM
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Tax Prof John Ashcroft?
March 19, 2005 5:37 PM
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Woman arrested over 96 cents
March 6, 2005 2:11 AM
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Measure Fails When No One Votes in Iowa Town's Sales Tax Election
March 4, 2005 1:11 PM
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Cato Institute Grades Governors on Taxing and Spending
March 1, 2005 11:32 PM
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Happy Birthday Menger
February 23, 2005 10:54 AM
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The 9 weirdest tax write-offs
February 10, 2005 3:53 PM
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Taxing life insurance?
February 10, 2005 8:45 AM
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New tax deduction limitation for gifts of cars
February 8, 2005 4:04 PM
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Washington Supreme Court Invalidates State's Estate Tax
February 4, 2005 9:02 AM
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Endowment Taxation?
January 31, 2005 9:56 AM
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Taxed Tickets
January 31, 2005 9:44 AM
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