Much Taxation, What Representation?
If you remember your history classes you remember the cry, “No taxation without representation.” If you don’t, see the links provided.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_taxation_without_representation
http://www.constitution.org/bcp/vir_res1765.htm
Before the Revolutionary War, one of the great complaints of the colonists is that they were being taxed, and yet they did not have the proper representation in the British parliament. [...]
Democrats and the Economics of Apocalypticism
Have you ever heard the old German legend of Frederick Barbarossa? There was a legend that this medieval king slept under a mountain. His beard grew long, perhaps becoming white as snow (Barbarossa means “red beard”), and one day he would return to make Germany great. Legends are magical aren’t they? [...]
