by Dan Mitchell | Apr 9, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
Senator Bernie Sanders wants to dramatically increase the burden of government and he claims that his policies won’t lead to economic misery because nations such as Sweden show that you can be a prosperous country with a big welfare state. Perhaps, but there are...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 8, 2016 | Blogs, Financial Privacy, Tax Competition, Taxation
I wrote a couple of days ago about the “Panama Papers” issue and touched on the key issues. I explained that this non-scandal scandal is simply another chapter in the never-ending war by high-tax governments against tax competition, fiscal sovereignty, and financial...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 7, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Financial Privacy, Regulations, Tax Competition, Tax Havens, Taxation
For all his faults, you have to give President Obama credit for strong convictions. He’s generally misguided, but it’s perversely impressive to observe his relentless advocacy for higher taxes, bigger government, more intervention, and limits on constitutional...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 6, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Flat Tax, Government Spending, Tax Competition, Taxation
There’s no agreement on the most important variable for state tax competitiveness. You could make a strong case that it is the overall share of income taken by politicians in the state. Or you could argue that the tax system for employers is the key metric. And the...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 5, 2016 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Taxation
Australia is one of my favorite nations, and not just because the people are friendly. It has a modest-sized government, at least compared to other developed nations (see table 25 of this OECD data), and it has a very attractive private Social Security system that...
