Replacing cash with a digital currency gives governments the ability to engage in “financial repression.”
Daily Analysis
The Adverse Economic Consequences of Busting Social Security’s Wage Base Cap
Instead of applying the 12.4 percent Social Security payroll tax on the first $162,000 of income, some politicians want to impose the tax on all income.
A Prosperity Contest Between the U.S. and Europe
Americans are richer than Europeans, no matter how the data is sliced. And the U.S. advantage almost surely is the result of having more economic freedom and smaller government.
Donald Trump Supports Massive Tax Increases on Middle-Class Americans, Part II
Tax increases are the unavoidable outcome of Trump’s opposition to entitlement reform.
The Political Argument for the Fair Tax
We would have a much less destructive system with a national sales tax.
The Most Uplifting Chart (so far) of 2023
States are lowering their tax burdens.
A State Suicide Pact
A multi-state cartel of greed are digging their own graves.
Assessing North Carolina’s Fiscal Policy
North Carolina has gone from one of the worst to one of the best states on fiscal policy. But not everyone is happy about what’s happened in the Tarheel State.
The School Choice Revolution
A new law gives Utah families freedom to choose the best educational option for students.
Protecting Individual Savings from Double Taxation
How to fix the tax treatment of household savings.