Jason Montgomery

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For Socialists, It Doesn’t Matter if Socialism “Works.” What Matters Is Power.

02/29/2024 Mises Wire Jason Montgomery

A recent rash of libertarian-leaning right-wing podcasters’ rehashing of a shopworn takedown of socialism has bothered me to the point of launching into this essay. It goes something like “Why is this...

You Don’t Like It? Leave! The Telling Sophistry of Tax Apologists

05/04/2023 Mises Wire Jason Montgomery

What better way to “celebrate” tax season than to talk taxes? Stop me if you’ve heard this one: Taxation is not theft. It’s just the law of the land. You want to live in this country, you pay the long...

Ivy League Law Schools and the Slow Death of the Meritocracy

03/01/2023 Mises Wire Jason Montgomery

We currently find ourselves in a bizarre wasteland of mainstream political discourse. These days no US institution, and indeed no corner of American life, is safe from politicization or even from...

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For Socialists, It Doesn’t Matter if Socialism “Works.” What Matters Is Power.

03/27/2024 Jason Montgomery

When people say that “socialism doesn’t work,” what do they mean? To better examine and critique socialism, one should apply the socialists’ framework, which is alone worthy of condemnation.

You Don’t Like It? Leave! The Telling Sophistry of Tax Apologists

05/19/2023 Jason Montgomery

Contrary to the worldview of progressives, taxation and the coercion it brings are not part of a "social contract." Instead, they are implemented by force.

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