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		<title>OECD Study Admits Income Taxes Penalize Growth, Acknowledges that Tax Competition Restrains Excessive Government</title>
		<link>http://freedomandprosperity.org/2013/blog/oecd-study-admits-income-taxes-penalize-growth-acknowledges-that-tax-competition-restrains-excessive-government/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 16:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have to start this post with a big caveat. I’m not a fan of the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The international bureaucracy is infamous for using... <a class="meta-more" href="http://freedomandprosperity.org/2013/blog/oecd-study-admits-income-taxes-penalize-growth-acknowledges-that-tax-competition-restrains-excessive-government/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I have to start this post with a big caveat.



I’m not a fan of the Paris-based Organization for Economic  Cooperation and Development. The international bureaucracy is infamous  for using American tax dollars to promote a statist economic age]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Going Galt: More Americans Vote with their Feet against Obama</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 20:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve written many times about how investors, entrepreneurs, small business owners and other successful people migrate from high-tax states to low-tax states. Well, the same thing happens internationally, as France’s... <a class="meta-more" href="http://freedomandprosperity.org/2013/blog/going-galt-more-americans-vote-with-their-feet-against-obama/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I’ve written many times about how investors, entrepreneurs, small business owners and other successful people migrate from high-tax states to low-tax states.

Well, the same thing happens internationally, as France’s greedy politicians are now ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>MarketPlace Fairness Act Thwarts Tax Competition</title>
		<link>http://freedomandprosperity.org/2013/blog/marketplace-fairness-act-thwarts-tax-competition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 19:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Garst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Marketplace Fairness Act, a misguided attempt to allow expanded sales tax collection online, passed the Senate on Monday, though its fate in the House is less clear. Also less... <a class="meta-more" href="http://freedomandprosperity.org/2013/blog/marketplace-fairness-act-thwarts-tax-competition/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Marketplace Fairness Act, a misguided attempt to allow expanded sales tax collection online, passed the Senate on Monday, though its fate in the House is less clear. Also less clear is whether the law passes constitutional muster. At the very lea]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Why the So-Called Marketplace Fairness Act Is a Misguided Expansion of Power for State Governments</title>
		<link>http://freedomandprosperity.org/2013/blog/why-the-so-called-marketplace-fairness-act-is-a-misguided-expansion-of-power-for-state-governments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 22:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freedomandprosperity.org/?p=11395</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m either a total optimist or a glutton for punishment. I recently explained the benefits of “tax havens” for the unfriendly readers of the New York Times. Now I’m defending... <a class="meta-more" href="http://freedomandprosperity.org/2013/blog/why-the-so-called-marketplace-fairness-act-is-a-misguided-expansion-of-power-for-state-governments/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I’m either a total optimist or a glutton for punishment. I recently explained the benefits of “tax havens” for the unfriendly readers of the New York Times.

Now I’m defending a different form of tax competition for CNN,  another news outle]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>New European Data: When Tax Competition Is Weakened, Politicians Respond by Increasing Tax Rates</title>
		<link>http://freedomandprosperity.org/2013/blog/new-european-data-when-tax-competition-is-weakened-politicians-respond-by-increasing-tax-rates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 16:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freedomandprosperity.org/?p=11331</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I often argue that we need to preserve tax competition and tax havens in order to limit the greed of the political class. Without some sort of external constraint, they... <a class="meta-more" href="http://freedomandprosperity.org/2013/blog/new-european-data-when-tax-competition-is-weakened-politicians-respond-by-increasing-tax-rates/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I often argue that we need to preserve tax competition and tax havens in order to limit the greed of the political class.

Without some sort of external constraint, they will over-tax and  over-spend, creating the kind of downward economic spiral a]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>No, There Are No FATCA Treaties in the Senate</title>
		<link>http://freedomandprosperity.org/2013/blog/no-there-are-no-fatca-treaties-in-the-senate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 20:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Garst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, an article in The Wall Street Journal by Ben DiPietro reported that Senator Rand Paul is holding up "FATCA treaties" in the Senate. If only it were so, but... <a class="meta-more" href="http://freedomandprosperity.org/2013/blog/no-there-are-no-fatca-treaties-in-the-senate/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Yesterday, an article in The Wall Street Journal by Ben DiPietro reported that Senator Rand Paul is holding up "FATCA treaties" in the Senate. If only it were so, but this is simply untrue. There are no such FATCA treaties. The treaties in question a]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Can You Name the One Nation in the World with a Higher Corporate Tax Rate than the United States?</title>
		<link>http://freedomandprosperity.org/2013/blog/can-you-name-the-one-nation-in-the-world-with-a-higher-corporate-tax-rate-than-the-united-states/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve made the point before that the United States foolishly imposes the highest corporate tax rate of all developed nations. But that obviously means it is theoretically possible for there... <a class="meta-more" href="http://freedomandprosperity.org/2013/blog/can-you-name-the-one-nation-in-the-world-with-a-higher-corporate-tax-rate-than-the-united-states/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I’ve made the point before that the United States foolishly imposes the highest corporate tax rate of all developed nations.

But that obviously means it is theoretically possible for there to be  a nation in the developing world that has a highe]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Explaining to the Kleptocrats on Capitol Hill that Tax Havens Should Be Emulated, not Persecuted</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freedomandprosperity.org/?p=11288</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since I just left Monaco and am now in Geneva, this is an appropriate time to extol the virtues of so-called tax havens. &#160; But I don’t merely say nice... <a class="meta-more" href="http://freedomandprosperity.org/2013/blog/explaining-to-the-kleptocrats-on-capitol-hill-that-tax-havens-should-be-emulated-not-persecuted/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Since I just left Monaco and am now in Geneva, this is an appropriate time to extol the virtues of so-called tax havens.



&nbsp;

But I don’t merely say nice things about low-tax jurisdictions when I’m in friendly environments.

I belie]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>FATCA: Exposing the IGA Bait-and-Switch</title>
		<link>http://freedomandprosperity.org/2013/blog/fatca-exposing-the-iga-bait-and-switch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Quinlan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many problems with the FATCA intergovernmental agreement (IGA) process. From a US perspective, they agreements represent a subversion of the proper treaty process, an unconstitutional expansion of executive... <a class="meta-more" href="http://freedomandprosperity.org/2013/blog/fatca-exposing-the-iga-bait-and-switch/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[There are many problems with the FATCA intergovernmental agreement (IGA) process. From a US perspective, they agreements represent a subversion of the proper treaty process, an unconstitutional expansion of executive powers, and an unwise commitment ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>According to Washington Post Exposé, People Who Utilize Tax Havens Are Far More Honest than Politicians</title>
		<link>http://freedomandprosperity.org/2013/blog/according-to-washington-post-expose-people-who-utilize-tax-havens-are-far-more-honest-than-politicians/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Using data stolen from service providers in the Cook Islands and the British Virgin Islands, the Washington Post published a supposed exposé of Americans who do business in so-called tax... <a class="meta-more" href="http://freedomandprosperity.org/2013/blog/according-to-washington-post-expose-people-who-utilize-tax-havens-are-far-more-honest-than-politicians/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Using data stolen from service providers in the Cook Islands and the British Virgin Islands, the Washington Post published a supposed exposé of Americans who do business in so-called tax havens.



Since I’m the self-appointed defender of low-]]></content:encoded>
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