by Dan Mitchell | Jan 16, 2023 | Blogs, Taxation
Fundamental tax reform is back on the agenda, with House Republicans promising a vote this year on a national sales tax, so I dug into C-Span’s archives so I could share a few of my thoughts from 2007 on the Fair Tax. As you might suspect, the principles I believed in...
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 31, 2022 | Blogs, Education, States, Taxation
Continuing a tradition that began back in 2013, let’s look at the best and worst developments of the past year. Since I try to be optimistic (notwithstanding forces and evidence to the contrary), let’s start with the good news. I’ll start by...
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....
