Biden’s Billionaire Tax Wouldn’t Just Hurt Billionaires
One of the most important lessons in tax policy is that the person who is handed the bill and sends the check to the taxman isn’t necessarily the person shouldering …
Wealth
Ep 260: Good Governance & Prosperity, with Joel Bomgar
Today entrepreneur, Mississippi State Rep, and founder of the Bomgar corporation (now called BeyondTrust) Joel Bomgar discusses Prospera – a consulting firm establishing sustainable and profitable economic hubs in Honduras. Joel shows how good governance …
Succession
Succession, HBO’s biting satire of corporate power struggles at a family-run conservative media conglomerate, could have ended up just a simple parody of the Fox News empire—think Veep, but for the …
SoftBank, Middle Eastern Sovereign Wealth Funds Back Mnuchin’s $2.5 Billion Private Equity Fund
SoftBank, Middle Eastern Sovereign Wealth Funds Back Mnuchin’s $2.5 Billion Private Equity Fund Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has found an investor for his new 10-figure private equity fund in an …
China’s Big Tech Crackdown Shouldn’t Be Cheered by Antitrust Fans in the West
“Among the richest men in China, few have good endings,” Jack Ma, who disappeared for three months this past winter after getting in trouble with his government, famously said. The …
AOC Says Amazon Abuses Market Power, Ignores Fact That Customers Shop at Amazon Because They Want To
Just minutes after returning to the arid desert of Van Horn, Texas, from his first successful trip to space, former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos thanked the millions of customers and …
Bezos Launching Into Space Will Probably Make Your Life Better Too
Jeff Bezos will launch into space today aboard his Blue Origin rocket, New Shepard. This follows Richard Branson’s visit to space last week aboard a Virgin Galactic rocket, a journey …
Billionaires Spending Their Own Money To Go to Space Has Progressives Howling For a Wealth Tax
The idea of billionaires launching themselves into space on their own rockets has provoked apoplexy from some progressives, who view the spectacle as an ostentatious display of economic inequality that …
Biden’s New Death Tax Hits the Middle Class While Excluding Certain Wealthy Investors
President Joe Biden’s American Families Plan (AFP) would impose a capital gains tax at death while essentially doubling the capital gains tax rate. With a major exception for large investors, …
Liberal Blindness on Wealth and Poverty
It would be difficult to find a better example of moral obtuseness than the mindset that leftists/liberals/progressives/socialists have toward wealth and poverty. (I’ll use the term “liberals” for the rest …