by Dan Mitchell | Dec 22, 2018 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Most politicians are contemptible. They are shallow, grasping, insecure clowns who want to expand the size and scope of government so they have more power to dictate how the rest of us live our lives. To make matters worse, many of them know they are doing the wrong...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 4, 2017 | Blogs, Taxation, VAT
I wrote yesterday to praise the Better Way tax plan put forth by House Republicans, but I added a very important caveat: The “destination-based” nature of the revised corporate income tax could be a poison pill for reform. I listed five concerns about a so-called...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 3, 2017 | Blogs, Taxation, VAT
The Republicans in the House of Representatives, led by Ways & Means Chairman Kevin Brady and Speaker Paul Ryan, have proposed a “Better Way” tax plan that has many very desirable features. Death tax repeal Depreciation replaced with expensing Corporate tax rate...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Nov 20, 2016 | Opinion and Commentary
This article originally appeared on The Daily Caller on November 18, 2016. Donald Trump’s unexpected victory, combined with a very good election for House and Senate Republicans, has dramatically improved the odds of meaningful tax reform. And there already are...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 30, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
Since I criticized Paul Ryan’s Roadmap budget plan yesterday as part of my column against the value-added tax, I now feel obliged to defend the proposal in one important respect. But first, some background. In a recent piece for the American Enterprise Institute,...
