by Dan Mitchell | Mar 14, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs
I’m a big fan of Estonia. According to both the Fraser Institute and the Heritage Foundation, it has considerable economic freedom. It has a low-rate flat tax, meaning that investors, entrepreneurs, and small-business owners aren’t punished for contributing more to...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 1, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs
The good thing about being nonpartisan is that I can freely criticize (or even praise) policy makers without giving any thought to whether they have an R or D after their name. That doesn’t mean Republicans and Democrats are the same, at least with regards to...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Dec 30, 2015 | Opinion and Commentary
This article originally appeared on The Blaze on December 28, 2015. The massive omnibus spending package passed by Congress included new limits on the IRS, in particular on the agency’s ability to harass political non-profits. Congress is not done, however, as an...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 19, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs
When someone says “IRS,” my Pavlovian response is “flat tax.” That’s because I’m a policy wonk and I’d like to replace our punitive internal revenue code with something simple and fair that doesn’t do nearly as much damage to our economy. And it’s a fringe benefit...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 29, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, Taxation
I’m delighted that so many presidential candidates are talking about partial tax reform and I’ve specifically analyzed the plans put forth by Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Jeb Bush, and Donald Trump. These proposals all make the tax code less punitive, and that would be...
