by Dan Mitchell | May 1, 2026 | Blogs, States, Tax Competition, Taxation
This series (click for Part I and Part II) examines the states that are on the wrong side of the major tax divergence that has taken place and is taking place. And “wrong side” is defined, unsurprisingly, as the states that are pursuing class...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 29, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
Maybe this makes me a bad person, but I sometimes root for bad things to happen. In my defense, I don’t like bad things, but in some cases I think bad outcomes will generate powerful evidence against bad policies. And this can result in a net increase in...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 26, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
I wrote last year to support “…the notion that taxes change behavior. I even have a five-part series (here, here, here, here, and here) emphasizing the point.” Simply stated, people respond to incentives. Economists...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 28, 2026 | Blogs, Taxation
I periodically mock wealthy leftists who urge class-warfare taxes, and I’ve shared two amusing videos (here and here) exposing the hypocrisy of these people. They are hypocrites because the Treasury Department in...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 24, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Taxation
Last October, I shared a table showing how various states have risen or declined as measured by the Tax Foundation’s State Tax Competitiveness Index. Washington easily stands out as the state that has gone downhill by the greatest amount, and you read...
