by Brian Garst | Feb 20, 2013 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
Hardly anyone stands up for taxpayers. It’s the classic problem of concentrated interests and defused costs. Those who benefit from profligate government spending are strongly motivated to lobby for their pet handout. But every individual bit of waste only adds...
by Brian Garst | Feb 15, 2013 | Blogs, States, Tax Competition, Taxation
Like so many bad ideas in Washington, the recently introduced “Marketplace Fairness Act” has bipartisan support. But there’s nothing fair about allowing states to reach outside their borders to tax businesses headquartered elsewhere. In fact, the...
by Brian Garst | Dec 14, 2012 | Blogs, Financial Privacy, Tax Competition, Taxation
Burdens created by the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, particularly on Americans living abroad, are so obviously unjust that they are now raising the ire of more than just those of us ideologically and philosophically opposed to large government. Writing for...
by Brian Garst | Dec 11, 2012 | Bailouts, Blogs
The Transaction Account Guarantee Program (TAG) is set to expire at the end of the year. In the midst of the financial crisis, TAG extended bank deposit guarantees for checking accounts above the normal FDIC $250,000 limit, making them unlimited. The program was...
by Brian Garst | Nov 25, 2012 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared in The Daily Caller on November 25, 2012. If Mitt Romney thought the gotcha-obsessed political press would let him escape into obscurity following his election defeat, he has rather quickly been disabused of the notion. After Romney suggested in...
