Joseph Coletti, John Locke Foundation fiscal policy analyst, discusses a proposal from some N.C. lawmakers to levy a new sales tax on digital downloads, otherwise known as an iTax. Coletti offered these remarks during an interview for Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 299).
Politics should be less important
It might sound odd to hear this from someone who’s been writing a syndicated column on politics for nearly four decades, but politics has become vastly more important in our lives than it should be. Virtually every decision we make in our ostensibly free society is now subject to review, refinement, and reversal by some...