by Dan Mitchell | Feb 17, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Capital Gains, Flat Tax, Taxation
Here’s a video arguing for the abolition of the corporate income tax. The visuals are good and it touches on key issues such as competitiveness. I do have one complaint about the video, though it is merely a sin of omission. There is not enough attention paid to the...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 6, 2011 | Blogs, Taxation
The Wall Street Journal uses the clash between the Steelers and Packers as an opportunity to make a much-need point about taxes. Because of Pennsylvania’s flat tax, Ben Roethlisberger keeps a greater percentage of his salary than Aaron Rodgers, who gets raped by...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 30, 2011 | Blogs, Flat Tax, Taxation
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Clint Eastwood is asked about the new governor of California and uses the opportunity to advocate a simple and fair flat tax. “But I’ll tell you when I liked him—and I wasn’t a registered Democrat—but I liked him when he...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 1, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Health Care, Taxation
Republicans did a terrible job last time they were in power. The created a new entitlement program for prescription drugs. They further centralized education with the no-bureaucrat-left-behind legislation. They undid the positive reforms of the 1990s with...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 19, 2010 | Blogs, Taxation
Every since the current government won a landslide election, there’s been a widespread assumption that Hungary would be the next nation in Europe to hop on the flat tax bandwagon. Well, the assumption has become reality. Here’s a report from Tax-news.com. The...
