by Dan Mitchell | Feb 11, 2023 | Blogs, Capital Gains, Taxation
In 2020 and 2021, I wrote a four-part series (here, here, here, and here) about Biden’s class-warfare tax agenda. And I also wrote a series of columns about some of his worst ideas. Biden wants America to have the developed world’s highest...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 27, 2023 | Blogs, Taxation
While speaking last year in Hawaii on the topic of good tax policy, I explained why it is misguided to impose extra layers of tax on saving and investment. Regarding the problem of double taxation, I’ve addressed how various features of the tax code need to be...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 23, 2023 | Blogs, Taxation
It’s fun to write about big-picture issues such as tax reform (for instance, should we have a flat tax or national sales tax?). It’s also fun to write about contentious issues such as whether there should be tax increases or whether the tax code should be based on...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 18, 2022 | Blogs, Education, Taxation
Since my specialty in economics is fiscal policy, I’m used to wonky (and perhaps boring) debates about topics such as marginal tax rates, Keynesianism, and the Armey-Rahn Curve. But there’s also a moral component to fiscal...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 10, 2022 | Blogs, Taxation
Whenever I discuss the varying types of double taxation on saving and investment (capital gains tax, dividend tax, corporate income tax, death tax, wealth tax, etc), I always emphasize that such levies discourage capital...
