by Dan Mitchell | Oct 25, 2023 | Blogs, States, Taxation, Uncategorized
Over the past week, we’ve looked at both the Tax Hell Index and the International Tax Competitiveness Index, giving us a good idea of which nations have terrible and not-so-terrible tax policy. Today, let’s look at which states rank high and low on tax...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 17, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, States, Welfare and Entitlements
Back in 2010, I put together a “Moocher Index” based on the percentage of non-poor people in each state getting government handouts. Based on that back-of-the-envelope calculation, Vermont, Mississippi, and Maine were the biggest moocher states and Nevada, Colorado,...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 14, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, States
Every year, I highlight the most important ballot initiative or referendum. In 2022, Massachusetts voters tragically voted to replace the state’s flat tax with a system based on class warfare.In 2021, voters in the state of Washington...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 12, 2023 | Blogs, Education, States
Given what’s recently happened in North Carolina, Oklahoma, Indiana, Florida, Arkansas, Utah, and Iowa, I’ve been waiting with considerable anticipation for an update to the Heritage Foundation’s Education Freedom Report...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 8, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, States
Late last year, I praised lawmakers in Georgia and North Carolina for being fiscally responsible. The burden of government spending in those states was constrained between 2020 and 2022, even though that was a period when handouts from Washington were...
