by Dan Mitchell | Sep 5, 2023 | Blogs, Education, Flat Tax, Free Market, States, Taxation
According to both Economic Freedom of North America and Freedom in the 50 States, Iowa is boringly average, ranking in the 20s. That’s better than being terrible, like New York or California. But it’s worse than being good, like Florida and New...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 6, 2023 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
There’s been great progress in recent years with regards to state tax policy. When I put together my first ranking back in 2018, there were 9 states with flat taxes and and 3 states with low-rate graduated tax systems. Today, there are 11 (soon to...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 17, 2023 | Blogs, Flat Tax, Taxation
The Baltic nation of Estonia is an improbable success. After breaking free from the horror of Soviet communism, leaders adopted pro-market reforms. Including a low-rate flat tax for households.Including a pro-growth tax system for...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 13, 2023 | Blogs, Taxation
I’m not a big fan of the Internal Revenue Service, but our awful (and anti-growth) tax system is mostly the fault of politicians. Ever since that dark day in 1913 when the income tax was enacted, presidents and members of...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 23, 2022 | Blogs, Taxation
I applauded when Joe Biden used clever tax strategies to reduce his (apparently unpatriotic) tax bill to the IRS. I also applauded when Bill and Hillary Clinton engaged in clever tax avoidance, as well as John Kerry and Gov....
