Author: Thomas L. Knapp

Herculaneum Is Doing Use Taxes Right

Source: Show-Me Institute
by David Stokes

“The city of Herculaneum in Jefferson County is showing how use taxes can be properly added into the municipal revenue mix. A use tax is simply a sales tax on goods you purchase online (or through catalogs) and have delivered to your home. Many cities and counties have added them in recent years as online shopping has grown. Voters often approve them, but sometimes they say ‘“no, thank you.’ Supporters of use taxes say they level the playing field between online purchases and actual stores from a cost perspective, along with raising revenue for local services. That is true, and I have generally been supportive of use tax expansion in recent years. Broadening the sales tax base is a good thing. However, I have also called for cities and counties to offset the increased revenues from use taxes with cuts to other taxes (at least partly).” (03/25/26)

https://showmeinstitute.org/article/economy/herculaneum-is-doing-use-taxes-right/

Thomas L. Knapp

Nepal: Newly elected parliament is sworn in months after a youth-led revolt

Source: ABC News

“Nepal’s newly elected members of parliament were sworn in Thursday with nearly two-thirds of them from a political party that is less than four years old. The 275 members of the House of Representatives, the powerful lower chamber of parliament, will be in their positions for the next five years. The election — the country’s first since last year’s youth-led revolt — was won by the Rastriya Swatantra Party, or RSP, led by rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah. Shah is expected to be chosen as the leader by the elected members from his party later on Thursday and formally inform President Ram Chandra Poudel. The president will then appoint Shah as the prime minister of Nepal.” (03/26/26)

https://abcnews.com/International/wireStory/nepals-newly-elected-parliament-sworn-months-after-youth-131425555

Thomas L. Knapp

Energy Lockdown: The Drumbeat Begins

Source: Brownstone Institute
by staff

“ou recall how the Covid lockdowns began. It was a soft and slow drumbeat that began in late January 2020, with growing amounts of panic and a faster tempo, increasing for several weeks. The US President and the UK Prime Minister resisted extreme reactions. Most governments did and so did most public health authorities. … Six years later and nearly to the day, this new attempted lockdown seems to be going the same way, not concerning infectious disease but energy use. Isn’t it remarkable how the officially recommended methods of managing these completely different realms bear so much in common? They both come down to restricting your liberty, rationing your consumption, redirecting your attention, and shouting down critics.” (03/26/26)

https://brownstone.org/articles/energy-lockdown-the-drumbeat-begins/

Thomas L. Knapp

US appeals court sides with Trump regime on holding abducted immigrants without bond

Source: Seattle Times

“The U.S. can continue to detain immigrants without bond, an appeals court ruled on Wednesday, handing a victory to the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration. The opinion from a panel of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis overturned a lower court ruling that required that a native of Mexico arrested for lacking legal documents be given a bond hearing before an immigration judge. It’s the second appeals court to rule in favor of the administration on this issue.” (03/25/26)

https://archive.is/Rx0Sh

Thomas L. Knapp

Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock, 03/25/26

Source: Freedom’s Phoenix

“Professor James Corbett (Corbett Report) on world news, #solutions, The Philosophy of Liberty project, Libertas.earth, the REAL Endgame in Iran, Why Did USrael Attack Iran?, etc.” (03/25/26)

https://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Media/393145-2026-03-25-2026-03-25-ernest-hancock-and-professor-james-corbett-launch.htm

Thomas L. Knapp