by Brian Garst | Jul 28, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy
The federal government fires so few of it’s workers that bureaucrats at a number of agencies are more likely to die in office than get a pink slip: Death — rather than poor performance, misconduct or layoffs — is the primary threat to job security at the...
by Brian Garst | Jul 27, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs
New York Times columnist Mark Bittman is having a jolly good time contemplating ways to control other people. “It’s fun — inspiring, even — to think about implementing a program like this,” he declares. And what kind of program is he talking about? One...
by Brian Garst | Jul 26, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations, Taxation
Sound tax policy is hard to find these days. As CF&P has extensively covered, Congress included the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act as part of the HIRE Act, passed in March 2010. FATCA takes a fundamentally wrong-headed approach to tax policy. Rather than...
by Brian Garst | Jul 13, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Tax Havens, Taxation
Senator Carl Levin is revitalizing his crusade against so-called tax havens. In a press release yesterday, he announced the reintroduction of his Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act, while touting the support of labor lobby groups and advocates of big government. As the Center...
by Brian Garst | Jul 2, 2011 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
We fight to preserve tax competition among nations, but the principle’s effects exist within the US among the states, as well. George Scoville writes about the likely outcomes of a decision by Vermont to raise their cigarette taxes by $0.38 while New Hampshire...
