by Dan Mitchell | Jun 30, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Regulations
When I assess President Trump’s economic policy, I generally give the highest grade to his tax policy. But as I pointed out in this interview from last year, there’s also been some progress on regulatory policy, even if only in that the avalanche of red tape we were...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 29, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Flat Tax, States, Taxation
Regarding fundamental tax reform, there have been some interesting developments at the state level in recent years. Utah, North Carolina, and Kentucky have all junked their so-called progressive systems and joined the flat tax club. That’s the good news. The bad news...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
There’s general agreement among public finance experts that personal income taxes and corporate income taxes, on a per-dollar-collected basis, do the most economic damage. And I suspect there’s a lot of agreement that this is because these levies often have high...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 27, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
The Congressional Budget Office just released its new long-run fiscal forecast. Most observers immediately looked at the estimates for deficits and debt. Those numbers are important, especially since America has an aging population, but they should be viewed as...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 26, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
I wrote five years ago about the growing threat of a wealth tax. Some friends at the time told me I was being paranoid. The crowd in Washington, they assured me, would never be foolish enough to impose such a levy, especially when other nations such as Sweden have...
