Tax Free 2000: The Rebirth of American Liberty

By Murray Sabrin

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0933451253
• ISBN13: 9780933451254
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Prescott Pr
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.5" x 5.5"

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Tax Free Forever

TAX FREE 2000 by Dr. Murray Sabrin The title of this book may seem to date its contents and possibly its usefulness. However the issue of taxation has always been an important part of American politics, and citizens are always looking for new solutions. If you believe in radically scaling back the government, you will probably like this book. If you believe that taxes are a necessary evil that ultimately improves the lives of American citizens, you probably won't. I'm a little surprised that there haven't been more recent reviews for this book since Dr. Sabrin is currently running for Frank Lautenberg's New Jersey seat in the U.S. Senate. Before he really goes into his own ideas, Sabrin sets the scene with some historic deelopments in economic history, including a nice history of the Federal Income Tax. This chapter alone is worth the price of the book. Like many Americans, Sabrin believes that the income tax should be abolished for both practical and moral reasons. He is more radical than most conservatives however in that he is also against property taxes, sales taxes, consumption taxes and value added taxes! He lists the down-sides to each of these proposals and why he is opposed to them. It would be interesting to hear his opinions on the recently proposed "Fair Tax". You are probably wondering how Dr. Sabrin would like to fund the government since he doesn't believe that the current methods are suitable. In order to understand this, you have to know what he thinks the role of government should be, and how it should be changed. Here he gives brief histories of funding public education, welfare, libraries and parks, public housing, social security, medicare and medicaid. Then he gives reasons why each of these should be drastically reduced or phased out altogether. He certainly doesn't beat around the bush about it either: "There is no such thing as a positive entitlement. U.S. citizens- and non-citizens- do not have a right to food, clothing, shelter, education, medical care, welfare, etc. People have a right to pursue these objectives but no one is morally obligated to provide them to anyone" (page 153). He points out that the majority of the federal budget goes to funding three things: national defense, social security and medicare/medicaid. This is as true today as it was in 1995 when the book was written. Obviously with less programs to fund, there will be less of a need for taxes. Dr. Sabrin concedes that national defense is an essential function of the government and needs to be funded. I must say this is one of the more unusual sections of the book. What he proposes is a graduated fee determined by a citizen's income bracket. The Defense Department could be contacted in order to determine whether or not a citizen had paid their fee. "Anyone not paying his share could be ostracized, not hired or even fired" (page 183). Sabrin points out that in the past, people have given voluntarily to support military