by CF&P | Feb 7, 2012 | News, Press Releases
Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation For Immediate Release Tuesday, February 7, 2012 202-285-0244 www.freedomandprosperity.org New CF&P Libertas Paper Outlines OECD Use of American Taxpayer Dollars for Big Gov’t, Class-Warfare Agenda (Washington,...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 18, 2012 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Tax Harmonization, Taxation
I sometimes make fun of the English, for reasons ranging from asinine laws to milquetoast politicians to horrid healthcare policy. But at least some U.K. elected officials are willing to stand up for tax competition and fiscal sovereignty by defending low-tax...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 30, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
Last year, I came up with a saying that “Bad Government Policy Begets More Bad Government Policy” and labeled it “Mitchell’s Law” during a bout of narcissism. There are lots of examples of this phenomenon, such as the misguided War on Drugs being a precursor to...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 17, 2011 | Blogs, Taxation
I wrote last week about how the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a Paris-based international bureaucracy, has launched a new campaign to promote class-warfare tax policy. I’ve since learned that the OECD’s effort is even more objectionable than I...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 8, 2011 | Blogs, Taxation
To be blunt, I’m not a big fan of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. But my animosity isn’t because OECD bureaucrats threatened to have me arrested and thrown in a Mexican jail. Instead, I don’t like the Paris-based bureaucracy because it...