by Dan Mitchell | Jul 1, 2025 | Blogs, States, Taxation
In 1972, Ohio politicians made the mistake of imposing a state income tax. That first tax had a top rate of 3.5 percent, but politicians quickly became addicted to this new source of tax revenue. By 1984, the top rate had jumped to 9.5 percent....
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 30, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Socialism
Yesterday’s column mocked the the socialist mayoral candidate who won the Democratic primary in New York City. As I noted, Zohran Mamdani is an AOC-style hard-core leftist who wants to travel in the wrong direction as far and as fast as Javier...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 29, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Socialism
We’re approaching the mid-point of the year and I’ve already shared three candidates for counter-tweet of the year. Slapping down a leftist who wanted people to think capitalism is correlated with poverty. Slapping down a leftist who wanted people to think China...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 28, 2025 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Back in March, Ásthildur Lóa Thórsdóttir in Iceland was nominated to be “Politician of the Year” because she got knocked up by a teenager and went on to become Minister for Children. Impressive level of irony, but she’s not going to win this year’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 27, 2025 | Blogs, States
When I write about state economic policy, my go-to resources are Economic Freedom of North America and Freedom in the 50 States. But I need to add Rich States, Poor States, which is published by the American Legislative Exchange Council. Here’s a...
