The Truth About Taxes

<div class="group-left col-xs-4 col-xs-4 col-xs-4" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; color: #494e54; float: left; font-family: myriad-pro, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; position: relative; width: 147.984375px;"> <div class="image img-responsive border-secondary" style="border-top-color: rgb(56, 112, 158); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 8px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-top: 5px; max-width: 100%;"> <img alt="Audio Essay" height="165" src="https://mises.org/sites/default/files/styles/list_teaser/public/static-page/img/Audio%20Essays.jpg?itok=GQHT22ZQ" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 127.984375px;" title="Audio Essay" typeof="foaf:Image" width="240" /></div> <div class="tags" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #788086; font-size: 11px; padding-top: 5px;"> <span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://mises.org/topics/taxes-and-spending" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #788086; text-decoration: none;">Taxes and Spending</a></span></div> </div> <div class="group-right col-xs-8 col-xs-8" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #494e54; float: left; font-family: myriad-pro, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; position: relative; width: 296px;"> <h2 class="teaser-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #00426b; font-family: crimson_text, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 23px; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"> <a href="https://mises.org/library/truth-about-taxes" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #38709e; text-decoration: none;">The Truth About Taxes</a></h2> <br /> <section class="group-date-author" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="date" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #00426b; font-weight: 600; text-transform: uppercase;">JULY 2, 2012&nbsp;</span><span class="author" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://mises.org/profile/murray-n-rothbard" rel="author" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #00426b; text-decoration: none;">Murray N. Rothbard</a></span></span></section><br /> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> This essay originally appeared in the&nbsp;<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Review of Austrian Economics</em>&nbsp;7, No. 2 (1994), pp. 75–90, as "The Consumption Tax: A Critique".&nbsp;<span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 25.0000514984131px;">Narrated by Harold&nbsp;</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.66667;">Fritsche</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 25.0000514984131px;">.&nbsp;</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.66667;">Music by Kevin&nbsp;</span>MacLeod<span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.66667;">.</span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <br /></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 12.5px;"> <a href="http://mp3.anarchistphilosophies.com/truthabouttaxes.mp3" style="background-color: #38709e; background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-color: rgb(56, 112, 158); border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 6px 10px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap;" title="The Truth About Taxes Murray N Rothbard.mp3" type="audio/mpeg; length=19175407">Download audio file</a></div> <div class="read-more" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; font-size: 13px; text-transform: uppercase;"> <a href="https://mises.org/library/truth-about-taxes" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #788086; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none;">READ MORE</a></div> </div>