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The One Big Beautiful Bill is seen as a significant step in providing the necessary support for cotton farmers facing current ...
In 1776 our Declaration of Independence listed actions we wouldn't tolerate from kings. It should be no different today.
A Tallahassee budget impasse pits sales-tax cuts vs. eliminating property taxes. A policy institute’s poll shows that property-tax reform is the better option.
The rallying cry of the American Revolution, “No taxation without representation,” leaves us with the impression that taxation was the primary irritant between Britain and the colonies. Yet ...
The U.S. was founded after a tiny tariff on tea was imposed without representation — and now Trump is setting tariffs without Congress, the only body with authority to tax. Even some Republicans ...
Taxation without representation continues to be an issue because Washington, D.C., residents are taxed without representation, and Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens who must pay federal taxes with ...
Mr. Van Hollen invoked the Revolutionary War slogan, “No taxation without representation.” In 1820’s Loughborough vs. Blake, though, Chief Justice Marshall ruled that it was the duty of citizens to ...
On the whole, then, the inconsistency between the slogan "no taxation without representation" and our actual behavior will probably remain with us for the indefinite future.
Letter: All bark, no bite This caricature of "what's his name" is based on a fable. His actual name should be evident from reading the biting, cutting and often caustic… ...
State Sens. Kevin Priola and Chris Hansen are doing their very best impersonation of Carrie A. Nation, the early 1900s prohibitionist who attacked liquor establishments with a hatchet in one ...
Magna Carta’s limits on the power of the king became entrenched over time. In his chapter of The 1867 Project, the Post’s John Robson outlined how the idea of no taxation without representation was ...