by Dan Mitchell | May 11, 2022 | Blogs, States
Federalism is very desirable because it allows different parts of the country to make different decisions, and this helps to teach us about what works. And what doesn’t. It also means Americans can “vote with their feet” by migrating across local...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 31, 2022 | Blogs, Taxation
How do we know people don’t like taxes? They tend to reject candidates who support higher taxes, as George H.W. Bush and other politicians have learned.Then tend to vote against higher taxes when given an opportunity (though...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 28, 2021 | Blogs, States, Tax Competition, Taxation
I’ve written many times about how Americans are moving from high-tax states to low-tax states. Now we have even more evidence because the Census Bureau has issued its annual report on state population...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 27, 2021 | Blogs, Taxation
At the risk of understatement, Illinois is not a well-governed state. Greedy (and hypocritical) politicians have taxed and spent the state into a fiscal hole. It ranks in the top 10 for unemployment.It ranks in the bottom 10 for...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 18, 2021 | Blogs, Taxation
For most of the world, American citizenship is highly coveted. Indeed, foreigners have even been willing to invest a lot of money to increase the odds of getting to the United States. But changing one’s nationality is a two-way street. Beginning...
