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Doug Casey Debunks Four Myths About Trump, Taxes, & The Economy

• https://www.zerohedge.com, Tyler Durden

His desire to minimize his taxes has brought scorn from many in the mainstream media, and politicians from both sides of the aisle. These people are of the opinion that paying taxes is an honorable and necessary responsibility. It brings to mind the wrongheaded saying "taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society", which came from US Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. Many people believe this.

But if that's true, how come low tax locales like Singapore, the Cayman Islands, Monaco aren't backward hell holes, but rather sophisticated and civilized?

Doug Casey: Almost any lie can be accepted as truth if it's said often enough and with enough certainty. That absolutely applies to what Holmes said. It's shameful how people don't think about its meaning, but slavishly repeat it.


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