{"product_id":"taxocracy-what-you-dont-know-about-taxes-and-how-they-rule-your-daily-life-9798888451908","title":"Taxocracy: What You Don't Know about Taxes and How They Rule Your Daily Life","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTaxocracy: What You Don't Know About Taxes and How They Rule Your Daily Life\u003c\/i\u003e won't help you lower your tax bill, but it will help you understand how politicians use taxes to influence our lives, how taxes harm the economy, and why we need a simpler tax system.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDid you ever wonder why the costs of health care, housing, and college tuition keep going up? Or how your neighbor could afford that fancy electric car? Or why there are so many hard seltzers on the market? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Your first guess might not be \"taxes,\" but they play a big role. We live in a world ruled by taxes--a taxocracy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e History is full of misguided tax policies that led to \"see-through\" buildings, tax-free attics, three-wheeled cars, women in children's clothing, and baked chips to go along with our hard seltzer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Written by former Tax Foundation CEO Scott Hodge, \u003ci\u003eTaxocracy: What You Don't Know About Taxes and How They Rule Your Daily Life\u003c\/i\u003e uses amusing lessons from past tax policies gone wrong to explore how the US tax code caused serious consequences, affecting how we get our health insurance, the price of a college education, what car we buy, where we bank, and, in some cases, even when we die. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eTaxocracy\u003c\/i\u003e outlines economic principles for designing a tax code that doesn't rule our daily lives--a tax code that promotes economic growth, free-enterprise, and takes the politics out of tax policy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Post Hill Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/09\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798888451908\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.30d","brand":"Scott Hodge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43972139810997,"sku":"9798888451908","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1b8b447f-4738-4440-b09c-6097dd1a8999.jpg?v=1713282135","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/taxocracy-what-you-dont-know-about-taxes-and-how-they-rule-your-daily-life-9798888451908","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}