by Dan Mitchell | Dec 31, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
Since it’s the last day of the year, let’s look back on 2017 and highlight the biggest victories and losses for liberty. For last year’s column, we had an impressive list of overseas victories in 2016, including the United Kingdom’s Brexit from the European Union,...
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...
