by Dan Mitchell | Apr 26, 2018 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
Congratulations to Belgium. According to the new edition of Taxing Wages, average Belgian workers have the dubious honor of surrendering the biggest chunk of their income to government. No wonder part of the country is interested in secession. We can also give...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 18, 2018 | Blogs, Flat Tax, Taxation
The best policy for a state (assuming it wants growth and competitiveness) is to have no income tax. Along with a modest burden of government spending, of course. The next-best approach is for a state to have a flat tax. If nothing else, a flat tax inevitably will...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 12, 2018 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
I periodically share data comparing the United States and Europe, usually because I want to convince people that America’s medium-sized welfare state is better (less worse) than Europe’s bloated welfare states. In other words, Bernie Sanders is wrong. But I sometimes...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 6, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, States, Tax Competition, Taxation
I’m a big fan of federalism because states have the flexibility to choose good policy or bad policy. And that’s good news for me since I get to write about the consequences. One of the main lessons we learn (see here, here, here, here, and here) is that high-earning...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 20, 2018 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by The Hill on March 18, 2018. Republicans made the elimination of onerous Obama-era regulations an early priority, but the effort has since stalled. That’s unfortunate, as a great many destructive rules remain either in effect or in the pipeline....
