by Dan Mitchell | Sep 5, 2025 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
Back in 2012, I mocked French politicians because they were whining about upper-income taxpayers escaping from France. That column discussed well-to-do French taxpayers moving to Belgium, which is also a high-tax welfare state, but has the advantage of...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 1, 2025 | Blogs, Taxation
I’ve written a couple of columns (in 2016 and earlier this year) about how upper-income taxpayers finance the vast majority of the welfare state. The data I shared involved the federal budget in Washington. And I explained that the Bernie-AOC crowd,...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 12, 2025 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
The private sector is more efficient than the government because businesses know they have to please customers if they want to make profits. Governments, by contrast, simply rely on coercion. People generally don’t have choices and they typically comply...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 10, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, States, Taxation
I often cite the 20th Theorem of Government (France, Brazil, Colombia, Maryland) to emphasize the danger of spending profligacy. Today, let’s add the state of Washington to that list. We’ll start with a chart from Americans for Tax Reform...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 26, 2025 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
About three weeks ago, I suggested a new Theorem of Government to guide immigration policy. I was motivated by a combination of politics and economics, as summarized by these five points. The public does not like mass immigration. Mass immigration generates...
