Category Archives: tax+privacy

a formerly original thinker

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 July 22 by Anton

Brian Doherty writes in Reason: Obscurity is indeed the friend of much of the world’s evil, as [David] Brin insists when he rails that “financial privacy” concerns are just camouflage for drug dealers and tax evaders. Am I the only … Continue reading →

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and he’s an expert

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 July 15 by Anton

Unsurprisingly, Bruce Schneier (who travels much more than I do) is also fed up at having drones demand his documents at every turn in the name of “security”.

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the credit reporting racket

Posted on Wednesday, 2003 June 11 by Anton

Spy on Me, Please, by Michael Gilson De Lemos

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“Just say slavery.” “Slavery it is, sir!”

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 February 25 by Anton

Thomas DiLorenzo on the role of tariffs in the troubles of 1861. . . . when the Republican Party gained power in the late 1850s the top item on its agenda was to increase the average tariff rate from 15% [in 1857] … Continue reading →

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they see you when you’re sleeping

Posted on Tuesday, 2002 October 15 by Anton

I go to sign up for a Berkeley Extension course and find: The University is required by federal law to report your Social Security number and other pertinent information to the Internal Revenue Service pursuant to the reporting requirements imposed … Continue reading →

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your Database Insecurity Number

Posted on Friday, 2002 May 10 by Anton

Myria reports on a splendid bill from Ron Paul.

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√(-1) am not a number!

Posted on Friday, 2002 March 08 by Anton

Mike Flynn, apparently a newcomer to this stuff, writes: For starters, a national identification card. How dumb an idea is that? Giving the US government — does anybody remember Waco or Ruby Ridge? J. Edgar Hoover? Nixon’s enemies list? — … Continue reading →

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