Every Patriotic American Should Support the President

by Dan Mitchell | Sep 26, 2010 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Taxation

I wish the title of this blog post referred to the President of the United States, but instead our praise is directed across the Atlantic, to the President of the Czech Republic, who wisely has warned against giving “global governance” powers to the international...

Crocodile Dundee vs Australia’s Tax Police

by Dan Mitchell | Sep 2, 2010 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Tax Harmonization, Tax Havens, Taxation

Here’s a Reuters story about the Australian Tax Office harassing Paul Hogan, better known to Americans as Crocodile Dundee, because of a tax dispute. The grinches at the tax office took advantage of Hogan’s return for his mother’s funeral to hold him hostage, refusing...

Should American Taxpayers Subsidize Left-Wing Bureaucrats in Paris (Who get Tax-Free Salaries) so They Can Advocate Higher Taxes in America?

by Dan Mitchell | Aug 2, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Tax Competition, Tax Harmonization, Taxation, VAT

The federal government is capable of enormous waste, which obviously is bad news, but the worst forms of government spending are those that actually leverage bad things. The old welfare system, for instance, paid people not to work and have babies out of wedlock (this...