6.1K views · 95 reactions | Red tape has always hurt small businesses much more than its hurt larger ones. We need to get back to a system with as little red tape as possible, as discussed here in Free To Choose, Episode 10 “How to Stay Free”. Watch the full video for episode 10 of Free To Choose: The Original 1980 TV Series here ➡️ www.freetochoose.tv/broadcasts/ftc80.php. | Free To Choose Network | Facebook

Milton Friedman asks a simple question that unravels everything: If businesses can't actually pay taxes... who does? Politicians love the 'tax corporations, not people' line. It polls beautifully. But as Friedman explains, it's economically impossible. A business isn't a person—it's a legal structure. When government extracts money from that structure, it has to come from somewhere real, as in real people. | Free To Choose Network

Milton Friedman cuts through the budget deficit debate with a crucial insight: Every federal budget is actually balanced - you're just paying for it in different ways. Whether through explicit taxes, inflation, or borrowing, the cost always lands on us. The real question isn't about deficits, it's about total government spending as a share of our income. Control that, and the rest takes care of itself. | Free To Choose Network

Milton Friedman on inflation's irony: Everyone's against it—until you ask if they've benefited. “When most people say they want to stop inflation, what they mean is that they want the prices of the things they buy to go down and the prices of the things they sell to go up. But since what one man sells is what another man buys, that’s a neat trick if you can do it.” So nobody's really serious about stopping inflation—at least not in the early stages. | Free To Choose Network