by Brian Garst | Apr 9, 2017 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by The Daily Caller on April 7, 2017. Days after Emirates Airlines launched a new route from Newark to Athens to Dubai, a coalition representing Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, and American Airlines called on the administration to freeze the...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 30, 2017 | Blogs, Economics
I was recently interviewed on Fox Business Network about Trump’s policies and the economy, and the discussion jumped around from issues such as border-adjustable taxation to energy regulation. Though the central theme of the discussion was whether Trump had good ideas...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 7, 2017 | Blogs, Economics
For the next four years, I suspect I’m going to suffer a lot of whiplash as I yank myself back and forth, acting as both a critic and supporter of Donald Trump’s policy. This happened a lot during the campaign, as Trump would say very good things one day and then say...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 4, 2017 | Blogs, Taxation, VAT
I wrote yesterday to praise the Better Way tax plan put forth by House Republicans, but I added a very important caveat: The “destination-based” nature of the revised corporate income tax could be a poison pill for reform. I listed five concerns about a so-called...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 3, 2017 | Blogs, Taxation, VAT
The Republicans in the House of Representatives, led by Ways & Means Chairman Kevin Brady and Speaker Paul Ryan, have proposed a “Better Way” tax plan that has many very desirable features. Death tax repeal Depreciation replaced with expensing Corporate tax rate...
