by Dan Mitchell | Mar 30, 2017 | Blogs, Taxation
There are many powerful arguments for junking the internal revenue code and replacing it with a simple and fair flat tax. It is good to have lower tax rates in order to encourage more productive behavior. It is good to get rid of double taxation in order to enable...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 10, 2017 | Blogs, Taxation
The centerpiece of President Trump’s tax plan is a 15 percent corporate tax rate. Republicans in Congress aren’t quite as aggressive. The House GOP plan envisions a 20 percent corporate tax rate, while Senate Republicans have yet to coalesce around a specific plan....
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 25, 2017 | Blogs, Economics, Laffer Curve, Taxation
For more than 30 years, I’ve been trying to educate my leftist friends about supply-side economics and the Laffer Curve. Why is it so hard for them to recognize, I endlessly wonder, that when you tax something, you get less of it? And why don’t they realize that when...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 28, 2017 | Blogs, Economics, Laffer Curve, Supply Side, Taxation
Yesterday was “Australia Day,” which I gather for Aussies is sort of like the 4th of July for Americans. To belatedly celebrate for our friends Down Under, I suppose we could sing Waltzing Matilda. But since I’m a policy wonk with a special fondness for the nation,...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 20, 2016 | Blogs, Economics, Supply Side, Tax Competition, Taxation
There are several features of President-Elect Trump’s tax plan that are worthy of praise, including death tax repeal, expensing, and lower marginal tax rates on households. But the policy that probably deserves the most attention is Trump’s embrace of a 15 percent tax...
