by Dan Mitchell | Aug 27, 2014 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
Since I’ve been in Washington for nearly three decades, I’m used to foolish demagoguery. But the left’s reaction to corporate inversions takes political rhetoric to a new level of dishonesty. Every study that looks at business taxation reaches the same conclusion,...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 13, 2014 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
Last month, I put together a list of six jaw-dropping examples of left-wing hypocrisy, one of which featured Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew. He made the list for having the chutzpah to criticize corporate inversions on the basis of supposed economic patriotism, even...
by CF&P | Aug 8, 2014 | News, Prosperity Updates
Freeing Markets Ending a Destructive Obamacare Tax It’s just one of many bad taxes introduced by Obamacare, but with 4 years worth of evidence demonstrating its destructiveness, CF&P President Andrew Quinlan says it’s time for the tanning tax to go....
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 29, 2014 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Taxation
One of the worst things about working in Washington is that it’s so easy to get frustrated about the fact-free nature of political debates. For instance, there’s now a big controversy about companies “re-domiciling” or “inverting” from the United States to lower-tax...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 16, 2014 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
Last August, I shared a list of companies that “re-domiciled” in other nations so they could escape America’s punitive “worldwide” tax system. This past April, I augmented that list with some commentary about whether Walgreen’s might become a Swiss-based company. And...
