by Dan Mitchell | Mar 1, 2024 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Tax Harmonization, Taxation
When I give speeches about the global fight between tax competition and tax harmonization, especially when speaking in jurisdictions with good tax policy, I usually point out that that compromise is a bad idea. To be sure, politicians from high-tax...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 18, 2024 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Tax Harmonization, Taxation
I support tax competition because it is our best hope of avoiding “goldfish government.” As such, I’m very opposed to tax harmonization schemes, all of which are designed to make it easier for politicians to impose higher tax burdens. . That’s why...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 9, 2023 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
Yesterday’s column pointed out why supporters of a global corporate tax cartel are misguided. Today, I’m going to admit that I made a mistake. Not yesterday, but two years earlier. Back in 2021, I put together a list of winners and losers from the proposed...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 8, 2023 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
Early in the Biden years, I wrote a three-part series (here, here, and here) to explain why a global minimum tax on companies is a bad idea. As I told the BBC back in 2021, this proposed tax cartel is a scheme to increase the tax burden...
by Dan Mitchell | May 28, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
Usually with regard to government-run health care, folks on the left commonly criticize the United States for being the “only country” that does not provide this or that handout from the government. That should not be a persuasive argument without first...
