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The online sales tax solution not even Trump will talk about

Apr 18, 2018 by Dr. Joel McDurmon Leave a Comment

One of the greatest blessings of the United States Constitution was the de facto creation of one huge free trade zone between states. But as the rapacious appetite of both state and federal governments grows, now backed by the populist whim of our Tweeter in Chief, this dwindling zone is under threat. While states can […]

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Amazon, Donald Trump, interstate commerce, online sales, socialism, taxation

America’s “free” markets (the startling historical truth)

Feb 28, 2017 by Dr. Joel McDurmon 2 Comments

Restoring America One County at a Time Chapter 7: Markets 7.2 America’s Not-So-Free Markets Much like topics in previous chapters, to talk about “the loss of freedom” in regard to markets is not quite accurate. Although they have often been much freer than they are today, America has never had truly free markets. The causes for this […]

Filed Under: American History, Articles, County Rights Project, Economics, Ethics, Featured, Government, History, Law Tagged With: free markets, Gibbons v Ogden, Governor Bradford, interstate commerce, john marshall, pilgrims, socialism, u.s. v. lopez

About that Muslim truck driver case: it’s the Constitution’s fault

Oct 29, 2015 by Dr. Joel McDurmon 7 Comments

Many have now pointed out the inequity, not to mention stupidity, of awarding $240,000 in damages to two Muslim truck drivers who were fired for refusing to deliver shipments containing alcohol. Contrasts have been made to the case of Christian bakers who refused to serve homosexual weddings, and were not protected but punished. Double standard! […]

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Civil Rights Act of 1964, EEOC, Equal Employment, interstate commerce, islam, muslim, Star Transport, truck driver

Highway to Hell: The Progressive Tyranny Over Interstate Commerce

Sep 17, 2010 by Dr. Joel McDurmon 2 Comments

As the saying goes, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. The sayers have neglected to mention that the pavers are government employees, and that those “good” intentions are funded via hell’s most egregious abuse, the public treasury. No area of American life displays that abuse more abundantly than the progressive tyranny that […]

Filed Under: American History, Articles, Ethics, Featured, Government, Law, Politicians Tagged With: commerce clause, health care, interstate commerce, Obamacare, united states v lopez

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