Once upon a time I believed what I was told about Milton Friedman (by the likes of the Economist, etc.), namely that he was a proponent of liberty and a free market economist.
Later, I learned that he help devise payroll tax withholding to fund WWII while he was working for the Treasury Department.
That seems like the opposite of freedom and liberty to me. So, thanks, Milton!
We still have payroll tax withholding today, more than 70 years after you invented it for wartime expediency. A dedicated statist could not have done better!
Later, I learned that he help devise payroll tax withholding to fund WWII while he was working for the Treasury Department.
That seems like the opposite of freedom and liberty to me. So, thanks, Milton!
We still have payroll tax withholding today, more than 70 years after you invented it for wartime expediency. A dedicated statist could not have done better!
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