by Dan Mitchell | Nov 30, 2015 | Blogs, Taxation
Why does the tax code require more than 10,000,000 words and more than 75,000 pages? There are several reasons and none of them are good. But if you had to pick one cause for all the mess, it would be the fact that politicians have worked with interest groups and...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 31, 2015 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
Last year, I wrote a column for the Wall Street Journal making the case that families would benefit more from lower tax rates rather than targeted tax credits. My argument was simple and straightforward. Child-based tax cuts are an effective way of giving targeted...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 29, 2015 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
The tax-reform landscape is getting crowded. Adding to the proposals put forth by other candidates (I’ve previously reviewed the plans offered by Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, Bobby Jindal, and Donald Trump), we now have a reform blueprint from Ted Cruz. Writing...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
I’m happy that many of the presidential candidates are proposing big tax cuts. Bobby Jindal and Donald Trump have large tax cuts, and Jeb Bush, Rand Paul, and Marco Rubio are proposing smaller – but still significant – reductions in the federal tax burden. All of...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 29, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, Taxation
I’m delighted that so many presidential candidates are talking about partial tax reform and I’ve specifically analyzed the plans put forth by Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Jeb Bush, and Donald Trump. These proposals all make the tax code less punitive, and that would be...
