All taxes discourage something. Why not discourage bad things like pollution rather than good things like working?

In politics, as in poetry, it is sometimes true that it is darkest before dawn.

If you look at the history of the American capital market, there's probably no innovation more important than the idea of generally accepted accountancy principles.

It certainly was difficult to sell NAFTA because it's always difficult to sell open markets.

All taxes discourage something. Why not discourage bad things like pollution rather than good things like working?

Blaming speculators as a response to financial crisis goes back at least to the Greeks. It's almost always the wrong response.

The idea that we should be open to all ideas is very different from the supposition that all ideas are equally valid.