by Dan Mitchell | Jul 21, 2024 | Blogs, Taxation
Some folks on the left have a deep-seated resentment of successful investors, entrepreneurs, business owners, and other high-income people. They want to hit them with confiscatory tax rates, even if the tax is so punitive that the government doesn’t...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 2, 2024 | Blogs, Taxation
I wrote yesterday about a strange quirk in the Dutch tax system. That country (which is quite sensible on issues such as personal retirement accounts and school choice) has a very odd way of double taxing income that is saved and invested. Today, we’re...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 24, 2024 | Blogs, Tax Harmonization, Taxation
When Joe Biden began his push for a global corporate tax cartel back in 2021, I explained why the idea was very bad news for the world’s workers, consumers, and shareholders. And I pointed out it was specifically bad news for...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 30, 2023 | Blogs, Europe
When I write about bad French policy, I’m usually referring to fiscal problems such as excessive spending and onerous taxation. Such as a retirement system with full benefits available at an absurdly low age (even after the recent reform). Or...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 10, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
Ronald Reagan has many famous quotes, including “government is the problem” and “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’” Channeling Reagan’s wisdom, I have repeatedly shared examples...
