Tag Archives : Flat Tax
Fiscal Fights with Friends, Part I: Responding to Reihan Salam’s Argument against the Flat Tax
Friendly fire hits the flat tax.
read more...Tax Policy, Double Taxation, Tax Reform, and the Proper Definition of Income
Low rates are great, but it’s equally important to have a system that taxes economic activity only one time.
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Why the VAT May Seem Good in Theory, but Is Bad in Reality
It’s not the economics that are the problem, it’s the politicians.
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The Biggest Tax Scam Is the Internal Revenue Code and the IRS
The IRS wants us on the look at for tax scams. Found one! It’s the IRS.
read more...Grading the Rubio-Lee Tax Reform Plan
How does their plan stack up against these criteria for good tax reform?
read more...The Laffer Curve, Tax Progressivity, and Government Revenue: What’s the Higher Priority for Leftists, Raising Revenue or Punishing Success?
A conundrum for the left: the best way of maximizing revenue is to minimize the economic damage of the tax system.
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The Case Against the IRS and the “Progressive” Income Tax
There are many different tax reform proposals that exhibit the principles of a good tax system.
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A Fair Critique of the Fair Tax
I’m a long-time proponent of the flat tax for three simple reasons. 1. It replaces the discriminatory “progressive” tax with a single tax rate at the lowest possible level, thus reducing the tax penalty on productive behavior. 2. It gets rid of all forms of double taxation, such as the death tax and capital gains tax, meaning economic activity is never taxed more […]
read more...The Corrupt, Dishonest, Venal, Despicable IRS
Some statements are so lame that they now serve only as punch lines. Nobody, after all, would ever claim to a teacher that “the dog ate my homework.” Moreover, surely few if any people ever actually assert to bill collectors that “the check is in the mail.” And I have to imagine that no guy […]
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Some Good News on Tax Reform (If You Prefer the Flat Tax over the National Sales Tax)
I’m ecumenical on tax reform. I’ll support any plan that rips up the internal revenue code and instead lowers tax rates, reduces double taxation, and cuts out distorting loopholes. And as I explain in this interview, both the flat tax and national sales tax have a low tax rate. They also get rid of double taxation and they […]
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