by Brian Garst | Jun 11, 2018 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by Morning Consult on June 7, 2018. A healthy democracy needs its citizens capable and willing to express their political preferences even, or especially, when they conflict with the views of those in power. Tellingly, robust protections for...
by Brian Garst | Jun 7, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Government Waste, Health Care
The House is expected to consider H.R. 3, the Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act, sometime today. Using authority that allows for previously appropriated funding to be “rescinded,” the package put together by Trump’s White House...
by Brian Garst | Apr 22, 2018 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by Cayman Financial Review on April 19, 2018. When Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher slashed top personal income tax rates in the 1980s for the U.S. and the U.K., other nations were forced to follow suit. In the following decades, the global tax...
by Brian Garst | Apr 17, 2018 | Blogs, Taxation
Most Americans dread the lead up to tax day for what it means for their pocketbooks. This year, a collection of cynical leftists hope to use tax day to convince Americans of a fiction: that repealing last year’s tax reform will cut their taxes. Aiming to...
by Brian Garst | Mar 26, 2018 | Blogs, States, Tax Competition, Taxation
The $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill is full of waste, but one thing it thankfully does not include is the Internet Sales Tax. This is a welcome development, as Rep. Kristi Noem pushed hard to have her Remote Transactions Parity Act (RTPA) included as a rider in...
