by Dan Mitchell | Jan 11, 2020 | Blogs, States, Tax Competition, Taxation
I looked last year at how Florida was out-competing New York in the battle to attract successful taxpayers, and then followed up with another column analyzing how the Sunshine State’s low-tax policies are attracting jobs, investment, and people from the Empire State....
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 9, 2020 | Blogs, States, Tax Competition, Taxation
People underestimate the importance of modest long-run trends. A small boost in economic growth, if sustained, can have a major effect on long-run living standards. A small shift in the growth of government spending, over time, can determine a nation’s fiscal...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 18, 2019 | Blogs, States
Based on rhetoric, the Democratic Party is committed to a class-warfare agenda. They want higher income tax rates, higher capital gains taxes, higher Social Security taxes, higher death taxes, a new wealth tax, and many other tax hikes that target upper-income...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 23, 2019 | Blogs, States, Taxation
Following their recent assessment of the best and worst countries, the Tax Foundation has published its annual State Business Tax Climate Index, which is an excellent gauge of which states welcome investment and job creation and which states are unfriendly to growth...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 23, 2019 | Blogs, States, Taxation
When I wrote a few days ago that the Trump tax reform was generating good results, I probably should have specified that some parts of the country are not enjoying as much growth because of bad state tax policy. As illustrated by my columns about Texas vs...
