by Andrew F. Quinlan | Mar 20, 2012 | Blogs, Taxation
The OECD, although a frequent villain, is not the only threat to fiscal sovereignty. Organizations such as the UN have long sought to tax carbon, financial transactions, and even emigration. But the latest in a long list of attempts to institute international taxes...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 4, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
What’s the worst policy idea that would cause the most damage to society? I’m tempted to say the value-added tax since our hopes of restraining the federal government will be greatly undermined if we give the buffoons in Washington a new source of revenue. Indeed,...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 26, 2011 | Blogs, Europe, Taxation
I don’t often have reason to praise the White House. But the Administration occasionally winds up fighting on the right side when dealing with the statists on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. I lauded the Obama Administration two years ago when the Treasury...
by CF&P | Jun 1, 2011 | News, Press Releases
For Immediate Release Wednesday, June 1, 2011 202-285-0244 www.freedomandprosperity.org CF&P Warns Against OECD Back-Door Scheme to Create a De Facto World Tax Organization (Hamilton, Bermuda, Wednesday, June 1, 2011) The Center for Freedom and Prosperity, in...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 6, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
The old saying that “two wrongs don’t make a right” is especially true in the field of public policy. A good example is the crazy new proposal from the United Nations to collect billions of dollars by imposing global taxes on financial transactions and energy. That’s...
