by Dan Mitchell | Aug 24, 2023 | Blogs, States, Tax Competition, Taxation
Two of the worst states for tax policy are California and New York. They have punitive income tax rates, high sales taxes, and myriad other ways of diverting money from the productive sector of the economy to finance bloated...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 6, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs
There are many reasons to mock California voters and politicians. And there are also plenty of reasons to make fun of San Francisco voters and politicians. But what about the state’s other big city? Don’t politicians and voters in Los...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 3, 2023 | Blogs, Economics, Laffer Curve, Supply Side, Taxation
The economic analysis of taxation has plenty of jargon, statistical analysis, and complicated graphs, which can make it seem very mysterious to ordinary people. But the core principles are actually very easy to understand. Simply stated,...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 17, 2023 | Blogs, Economics
I have done eight columns comparing Texas and California and five columns comparing Florida and New York. But maybe it is time to compare Florida and California? If I do, there’s no comparison, at least based on how people vote with their...
by Dan Mitchell | May 11, 2023 | Blogs, Energy, Taxation
Good folks on the left (and every other part of the spectrum) push for equality of opportunity. And what’s great about that approach is that more opportunity for one person does not require less opportunity for another person. Bad folks on the left push for...
