April 14, 2010 5:40PM 

# Wednesday Links 

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- Scrambling to fill out your complicated tax form this week? You wouldn’t have this problem under a flat tax system. [Take a look at how simple it would be. ](http://www.usnews.com/articles/opinion/2010/04/12/eliminate-tax-brackets-and-complicated-forms-with-a-flat-tax.html)

- [How special interests respond](http://www.sfexaminer.com/opinion/columns/Gene_Healy/Healy-New-Jersey-governor-takes-on-debt-ridden-states-situation-90715569.html) to governors who attempt to deal with their state’s budget deficit.

- Economist Richard Rahn: Washington and Europe are engaged in the [most massive act of wealth destruction since World War II.](http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/apr/14/the-rise-of-the-job-and-savings-killers/)

- [Student Essay Contest](http://www.catooncampus.org/article/show/44.html): Win free tickets to the [2010 Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty dinner](https://www.cato.org/friedmanprize), May 13 in Washington DC.

- Podcast: [The Beijing Consensus](https://www.cato.org/dailypodcast/podcast-archive.php?podcast_id=1132) featuring Stefan Halper

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