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	<title>Comments on: Tax Oppression Index Ranks America in Bottom Half of Industrialized Nations</title>
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		<title>By: Penis Measurements For Male Improvement Are Vital</title>
		<link>http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/tax-oppression-index-ranks-america-in-bottom-half-of-industrialized-nations/#comment-64433</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Penis Measurements For Male Improvement Are Vital]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 20:43:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My partner and I absolutely love your blog and find nearly all of your post&#039;s to be just what I&#039;m looking for.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My partner and I absolutely love your blog and find nearly all of your post&#8217;s to be just what I&#8217;m looking for.<br />
Do you offer guest writers to write content for yourself?<br />
I wouldn&#8217;t mind creating a post or elaborating on a number of the subjects you write with regards to here. Again, awesome site!</p>
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		<title>By: The “Happy Planet Index” Ranks Venezuela, Albania, and Cuba Far Higher than the United States &#171; The blog for taxspecialists</title>
		<link>http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/tax-oppression-index-ranks-america-in-bottom-half-of-industrialized-nations/#comment-47017</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The “Happy Planet Index” Ranks Venezuela, Albania, and Cuba Far Higher than the United States &#171; The blog for taxspecialists]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] the Financial Secrecy Index measures how well a nation treats foreign investors, while the Tax Oppression Index measures how well a nation treats its own [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] the Financial Secrecy Index measures how well a nation treats foreign investors, while the Tax Oppression Index measures how well a nation treats its own [...]</p>
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		<title>By: The &#8220;Happy Planet Index&#8221; Ranks Venezuela, Albania, and Cuba Far Higher than the United States &#171; International Liberty</title>
		<link>http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/tax-oppression-index-ranks-america-in-bottom-half-of-industrialized-nations/#comment-46965</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The &#8220;Happy Planet Index&#8221; Ranks Venezuela, Albania, and Cuba Far Higher than the United States &#171; International Liberty]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] policy, the Financial Secrecy Index measures how well a nation treats foreign investors, while the Tax Oppression Index measures how well a nation treats its own [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] policy, the Financial Secrecy Index measures how well a nation treats foreign investors, while the Tax Oppression Index measures how well a nation treats its own [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Should the IRS Be Squandering $15 Million on P.R. Flacks to Improve its Image? &#124; Tennesseans Watching Federal &#38; State Government</title>
		<link>http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/tax-oppression-index-ranks-america-in-bottom-half-of-industrialized-nations/#comment-23438</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Should the IRS Be Squandering $15 Million on P.R. Flacks to Improve its Image? &#124; Tennesseans Watching Federal &#38; State Government]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] Obey the Constitution, which means respecting the presumption of innocence and following the Fourth Amendment’s guidelines about illegal search and seizure. I realize that complicates the job of enforcing a terrible tax code, but the Constitution exists [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Obey the Constitution, which means respecting the presumption of innocence and following the Fourth Amendment’s guidelines about illegal search and seizure. I realize that complicates the job of enforcing a terrible tax code, but the Constitution exists [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Federal Court Ruling Ignores the Constitution and Gives More Power to the IRS &#124; Sago</title>
		<link>http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/tax-oppression-index-ranks-america-in-bottom-half-of-industrialized-nations/#comment-19735</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Federal Court Ruling Ignores the Constitution and Gives More Power to the IRS &#124; Sago]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] already has a tax code that ranks in the bottom half of the &#8220;tax oppression index.&#8221; If we don&#8217;t fix the IRS soon, don&#8217;t be surprised if we wind up in last place at this [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] already has a tax code that ranks in the bottom half of the &#8220;tax oppression index.&#8221; If we don&#8217;t fix the IRS soon, don&#8217;t be surprised if we wind up in last place at this [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Federal Court Ruling Ignores the Constitution and Gives More Power to the IRS &#171; International Liberty</title>
		<link>http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/tax-oppression-index-ranks-america-in-bottom-half-of-industrialized-nations/#comment-19708</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Federal Court Ruling Ignores the Constitution and Gives More Power to the IRS &#171; International Liberty]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] already has a tax code that ranks in the bottom half of the &#8220;tax oppression index.&#8221; If we don&#8217;t fix the IRS soon, don&#8217;t be surprised if we wind up in last place at this [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] already has a tax code that ranks in the bottom half of the &#8220;tax oppression index.&#8221; If we don&#8217;t fix the IRS soon, don&#8217;t be surprised if we wind up in last place at this [...]</p>
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		<title>By: I’ll Gladly Trade America’s IRS Agents for Pakistan’s Transgender Tax Collectors &#171; The Market Center Blog</title>
		<link>http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/tax-oppression-index-ranks-america-in-bottom-half-of-industrialized-nations/#comment-10410</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[I’ll Gladly Trade America’s IRS Agents for Pakistan’s Transgender Tax Collectors &#171; The Market Center Blog]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 03:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] First, why does the government need to “shame” people. Can’t they just arrest taxpayers and/or seize their property? Or do Pakistani taxpayers actually enjoy the presumption of innocence, unlike their oppressed American counterparts? [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] First, why does the government need to “shame” people. Can’t they just arrest taxpayers and/or seize their property? Or do Pakistani taxpayers actually enjoy the presumption of innocence, unlike their oppressed American counterparts? [...]</p>
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		<title>By: I’ll Gladly Trade America’s IRS Agents for Pakistan’s Transgender Tax Collectors &#171; Sago</title>
		<link>http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/tax-oppression-index-ranks-america-in-bottom-half-of-industrialized-nations/#comment-10373</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[I’ll Gladly Trade America’s IRS Agents for Pakistan’s Transgender Tax Collectors &#171; Sago]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 20:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] First, why does the government need to “shame” people. Can’t they just arrest taxpayers and/or seize their property? Or do Pakistani taxpayers actually enjoy the presumption of innocence, unlike their oppressed American counterparts? [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] First, why does the government need to “shame” people. Can’t they just arrest taxpayers and/or seize their property? Or do Pakistani taxpayers actually enjoy the presumption of innocence, unlike their oppressed American counterparts? [...]</p>
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		<title>By: I&#8217;ll Gladly Trade America&#8217;s IRS Agents for Pakistan&#8217;s Transgender Tax Collectors &#171; International Liberty</title>
		<link>http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/tax-oppression-index-ranks-america-in-bottom-half-of-industrialized-nations/#comment-10366</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll Gladly Trade America&#8217;s IRS Agents for Pakistan&#8217;s Transgender Tax Collectors &#171; International Liberty]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 18:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] First, why does the government need to &#8220;shame&#8221; people. Can&#8217;t they just arrest taxpayers and/or seize their property? Or do Pakistani taxpayers actually enjoy the presumption of innocence, unlike their oppressed American counterparts? [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] First, why does the government need to &#8220;shame&#8221; people. Can&#8217;t they just arrest taxpayers and/or seize their property? Or do Pakistani taxpayers actually enjoy the presumption of innocence, unlike their oppressed American counterparts? [...]</p>
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		<title>By: You Be the Judge: Which Example of Tax Collectors Running Amok Is Worse? &#171; Sago</title>
		<link>http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/tax-oppression-index-ranks-america-in-bottom-half-of-industrialized-nations/#comment-7128</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[You Be the Judge: Which Example of Tax Collectors Running Amok Is Worse? &#171; Sago]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 21:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] first story comes from Switzerland, which normally gets high marks for modest taxation and respecting individual rights. But the municipality of Reconvilier is going to extraordinary lengths to pick the pockets of local [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] first story comes from Switzerland, which normally gets high marks for modest taxation and respecting individual rights. But the municipality of Reconvilier is going to extraordinary lengths to pick the pockets of local [...]</p>
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		<title>By: You Be the Judge: Which Example of Tax Collectors Running Amok Is Worse? &#171; The Market Center Blog</title>
		<link>http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/tax-oppression-index-ranks-america-in-bottom-half-of-industrialized-nations/#comment-6999</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[You Be the Judge: Which Example of Tax Collectors Running Amok Is Worse? &#171; The Market Center Blog]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 08:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] first story comes from Switzerland, which normally gets high marks for modest taxation and respecting individual rights. But the municipality of Reconvilier is going to extraordinary lengths to pick the pockets of local [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] first story comes from Switzerland, which normally gets high marks for modest taxation and respecting individual rights. But the municipality of Reconvilier is going to extraordinary lengths to pick the pockets of local [...]</p>
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		<title>By: You Be the Judge: Which Example of Tax Collectors Running Amok Is Worse? &#171; International Liberty</title>
		<link>http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/tax-oppression-index-ranks-america-in-bottom-half-of-industrialized-nations/#comment-6946</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[You Be the Judge: Which Example of Tax Collectors Running Amok Is Worse? &#171; International Liberty]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 15:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] first story comes from Switzerland, which normally gets high marks for modest taxation and respecting individual rights. But the municipality of Reconvilier is going to extraordinary lengths to pick the pockets of local [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] first story comes from Switzerland, which normally gets high marks for modest taxation and respecting individual rights. But the municipality of Reconvilier is going to extraordinary lengths to pick the pockets of local [...]</p>
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		<title>By: links for 2009-06-26 &#171; Overton&#8217;s Arrow</title>
		<link>http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/tax-oppression-index-ranks-america-in-bottom-half-of-industrialized-nations/#comment-55</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[links for 2009-06-26 &#171; Overton&#8217;s Arrow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] Tax Oppression Index Ranks America in Bottom Half of Industrialized Nations « International Liberty (tags: taxes oppression government US IRS study OECD) [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Tax Oppression Index Ranks America in Bottom Half of Industrialized Nations « International Liberty (tags: taxes oppression government US IRS study OECD) [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Conservative Compendium &#187; America: Tax Oppressed</title>
		<link>http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/tax-oppression-index-ranks-america-in-bottom-half-of-industrialized-nations/#comment-53</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Conservative Compendium &#187; America: Tax Oppressed]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] Hat tip: Dan Mitchell [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Hat tip: Dan Mitchell [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Tax Oppression at catallaxyfiles</title>
		<link>http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/tax-oppression-index-ranks-america-in-bottom-half-of-industrialized-nations/#comment-50</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tax Oppression at catallaxyfiles]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] Our position on the ladder can only get worse. As the governments irresponsible spending program cranks up and public debt explodes our Tax Attractiveness score is likely to deteriorate and we&#8217;ll be in the bottom half of the rankings. (HT: Dan Mitchell) [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Our position on the ladder can only get worse. As the governments irresponsible spending program cranks up and public debt explodes our Tax Attractiveness score is likely to deteriorate and we&#8217;ll be in the bottom half of the rankings. (HT: Dan Mitchell) [...]</p>
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