by Dan Mitchell | Jan 13, 2023 | Blogs, Taxation
I’m not a big fan of the Internal Revenue Service, but our awful (and anti-growth) tax system is mostly the fault of politicians. Ever since that dark day in 1913 when the income tax was enacted, presidents and members of...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 23, 2022 | Blogs, Taxation
I applauded when Joe Biden used clever tax strategies to reduce his (apparently unpatriotic) tax bill to the IRS. I also applauded when Bill and Hillary Clinton engaged in clever tax avoidance, as well as John Kerry and Gov....
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 13, 2022 | Blogs, Taxation
It is economically foolish to have high tax rates, double taxation, and corrupt loopholes. The answer, as Steve Forbes explains in this video, is the flat tax. He makes excellent points, similar to the analysis I shared in my 2010 video....
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 8, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Education, Regulations, Taxation
Because politicians have built-in incentives to expand the size and scope of government, it is very rare to find elected officials who actually deliver more liberty. Some of them will offer rhetoric, of course, but very few of them produce results....
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 26, 2022 | Blogs, States, Taxation
Looking at reforms at the state level, the past two years have produced very good news on education policy and tax policy. Regarding the latter, many states have lowered tax rates and several of them have junked so-called progressive tax systems and...
