Tax Day Wisdom
"Often the masses are plundered and do not know it."
— Frederic Bastiat
The great economist and classical liberal theorist reminds us all that sometimes the citizenry is fleeced without even realizing it. Let’s hope that today, tax day, brings us the realization that plunder by any other name — be it taxes, federal stimulus spending, bank bailouts, etc. — is still just plain old plunder.
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Jim Woods is a 30-plus-year veteran of the markets with varied experience as a broker, hedge fund trader, financial writer, author and newsletter editor.
His books include co-authoring, “Billion Dollar Green: Profit from the Eco Revolution,” and “The Wealth Shield: How to Invest and Protect Your Money from Another Stock Market Crash, Financial Crisis or Global Economic Collapse.” He’s also ghostwritten many books and articles, as well as edited content for some of the investment industry’s biggest luminaries. Read more about Jim Woods.
