by Dan Mitchell | Dec 14, 2017 | Blogs, Taxation
In early November, I reviewed the House’s tax plan and the Senate’s tax plan. I was grading on a curve. I wasn’t expecting or hoping for something really bold like a flat tax. Instead, I simply put forward a wish list of a few incremental reforms that would make an...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 13, 2017 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
When Ronald Reagan slashed tax rates in America in the 1980s, the obvious direct effect was more prosperity in America. But the under-appreciated indirect effect of Reaganomics was that it helped generate more prosperity elsewhere in the world. Not because Americans...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 3, 2017 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
As part of yesterday’s column about the comparatively tiny – and temporary – tax cut in the Republican tax reform plan, I quoted a leftist columnist for US News & World Report, who argued that there should be a big tax increase (including a big tax hike on...
by CF&P | Nov 15, 2017 | News, Press Releases
Center for Freedom and Prosperity For Immediate Release Wednesday, November 15, 2017 202-285-0244 www.freedomandprosperity.org CF&P Supports Passage of House Tax Reform Bill (Washington, D.C., Wednesday, November 15, 2017) – The Center for Freedom and...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 31, 2017 | Blogs, Taxation
I’ve been arguing all year that a substantially lower corporate tax rate is the most vital goal of tax reform for reasons of competitiveness. And I continued to beat that drum in an interview last week with Fox Business. The Wall Street Journal agrees that the time...
