by Dan Mitchell | Jan 12, 2022 | Blogs, Taxation
I wrote back in 2012 that California voters opted for “slow-motion economic suicide” by voting to raise the state’s top income tax rate to 13.3 percent. Sure enough, having the nation’s highest state income tax rate has been bad news. More and...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 17, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, States
California is a fascinating state for people who follow public policy. It has some immense advantages, such as climate, coastline, and natural resources. But it also has high taxes, absurd regulations, a bloated bureaucracy, and a costly...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 24, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Waste
Today we’re going to mix two things that seem disconnected. Our first topic is federalism, which is the sensible principle that deciding things at the local level, or even state level, is better than being ruled by faraway politicians and a big, centralized...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 6, 2020 | Blogs, States
I asked a couple of years ago, “How long can California survive big government?” Based on migration patterns, the answer is “Not much longer.” Simply stated, bad fiscal and regulatory policy have produced a long-run decline for the Golden State. So we shouldn’t be...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 6, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs
The day after the election, I wrote that “left-wing goals are now very unlikely” because Republicans almost certainly will retain control of the Senate. But perhaps I should have been ever bolder and argued that the election was a rejection of the left-wing agenda....
