The last few weeks, I have made the case against direct taxes—unfit for a free and prosperous people—largely because they create the perfect instrument of social engineering, economic redistribution and oppression. This week, I refute the case against indirect taxes made primarily by well intentioned but misguided supporters of free markets and limited government, who believe them to be more efficient revenue engines that anesthetize the pain of taxation, disguise who bears the burden of taxation, and thereby lead to bigger government.
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