by Dan Mitchell | Sep 15, 2024 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
I wrote a few days ago about how Americans are moving from high-tax states to lower-tax states (mostly to states with no income taxes or flat taxes). Today, let’s look at international tax migration. I’ve addressed this issue before, but...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 14, 2024 | Brasil, Latin American Liberty Project
En 2013 escribí que «para cualquier cuestión de política fiscal, la respuesta es la restricción del gasto», lo que no es más que una reformulación de mi regla de oro. Voy a ampliarla afirmando que «siempre que hay un desastre fiscal, la causa es un crecimiento...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 14, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I wrote in 2013 that “for any fiscal policy question, spending restraint is the answer,” which is simply a restatement of my Golden Rule. I’m going to augment that by stating that “whenever there is a fiscal mess, excess spending growth is the cause.”...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 13, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs
For libertarians, this is a very depressing election (a feeling we tend to have every four years, so a familiar experience). What basically happens is that two politicians try to bribe us with our own money. This year, we have Kamala Harris, who...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 12, 2024 | Blogs, States, Tax Competition, Taxation
I’m a big fan of tax competition. I cheer when jobs, investment, and people (or even booze) move from high-tax jurisdictions to low-tax jurisdictions. This increases the rewards for good policy and also increases the punishment for bad policy. Given my...
