by Dan Mitchell | Nov 1, 2020 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Back in August, I shared some examples of Joe Biden Humor followed by some examples of Donald Trump Humor. One of these clowns (hopefully!) will soon be fading from the public eye, so let’s take advantage of this opportunity for a final round of mockery. Today is...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 31, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs
I normally share this comedy skit every Halloween, but let’s go for a change of pace and peruse this video about the government’s awful system of sugar subsidies. But we do some appropriately themed humor, thanks to the satirists at Babylon Bee. It’s Halloween, which...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 30, 2020 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I wrote last year about Democrats favoring certain tax breaks that overwhelmingly benefit the rich. The state and local tax deduction is an obvious example, but Democrats also are big fans of the tax exemption for municipal bond interest and other provisions that...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 29, 2020 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
Back in 2013, I wrote about Phil Mickelson escaping high-tax California and moving to zero-income tax Florida. The famed golfer grew up in California, but decided that the 2012 decision to boost the top tax rate to 13.3 percent mattered more than beautiful climate and...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 28, 2020 | Blogs, Economics
Given my complete and utter disdain for socialism, I’m obviously a big fan of this discussion between Rand Paul and John Stossel. In the video, Paul and Stossel draw a distinction between market-friendly welfare states in Scandinavia and genuinely socialist nations...
