by Dan Mitchell | Jul 16, 2020 | Blogs, Economics, Socialism
Not all bad city governments are alike. In places like Chicago, local politicians generally impose bad policy because they’re buying votes (especially the votes of bureaucrats), not because they’re motivated by ideology. But as you can see from this video, some...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 15, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Two days ago, I looked at top income tax rates for the various states. Yesterday, I shared the data for the states on sales tax rates. The big takeaway from those two sources of data is that California politicians are very greedy. But are they the greediest...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 14, 2020 | Blogs, States, Taxation
esterday, in Part I of our series about greedy state politicians, we looked at top income tax rates. The worst state, not surprisingly, was California with a top tax rate of 13.3 percent. This onerous tax rate, combined with low-quality government and absurd levels of...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 13, 2020 | Blogs, States, Taxation
When considering which state has the greediest politicians, the flippant (but understandable) answer is to say “all of them.” A more serious way of dealing with that question, though, is to look at overall rankings of economic policy. According to the Fraser...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 11, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs
I’ve already written that state governments shouldn’t get a bailout from Washington. Today, let’s specifically focus on California, a beautiful state that – as explained in this video – is being ruined by an even-worse-than-average collection of politicians. This...
