by Dan Mitchell | Nov 13, 2012 | Blogs, Taxation, VAT
Regular readers know I’m not a fan of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Heck, just take a look at some of the examples in this post and you’ll understand why. Well, the Secretary-General of the Paris-based bureaucracy just pontificated about...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 9, 2012 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Havens, Taxation
More than four years ago, as part of my efforts to promote and protect tax competition, fiscal sovereignty, and financial privacy, I narrated this video explaining the economic benefits of so-called tax havens. Pay close attention at the 1:07 mark. Yes, you heard...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 8, 2012 | Blogs, Taxation
Augmented by some amusing cartoons, I’ve already warned that the hysteria about the fiscal cliff is basically a ploy by the politicians to extract more revenue to finance bigger government. Elaborating on this concern, I wrote a column for today’s New York Daily News....
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 25, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
You have to give President Obama credit for chutzpah. He pushed through a faux stimulus in his first year and Obamacare in his second year, both of which significantly increased the burden of government spending. In the past two years, he’s basically punted, proposing...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 23, 2012 | Blogs, Taxation
I never thought I’d be quoting Chuck Norris about Obama’s tax policy, but he has a nice rant that includes a collection of the President’s more offensive statements. Sort of akin to the list I put together in this post (which also includes some preposterous statements...
