by Dan Mitchell | Oct 30, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, States, Taxation
Keeping with tradition, let’s look at the results from the Tax Foundation’s annual Tax Competitiveness Index (as I did in 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, etc, etc). Here’s a map showing how states are ranked. It’s good to be light green...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 1, 2025 | Blogs, States, Taxation
Just like I’ve done in previous years (2024, 2023, 2022, etc, etc), it’s time share some highlights from the Tax Foundation’s annual report on state tax competitiveness. The 2025 version has been released and this map shows states with...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 9, 2025 | Blogs, States
Why is the private sector efficient and the government inefficient? I answered that question back in 2017, noting that there is feedback (both positive and negative) in the private sector. With government, by contrast, it seems that there are no consequences...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 1, 2025 | Blogs, States, Taxation
In 1972, Ohio politicians made the mistake of imposing a state income tax. That first tax had a top rate of 3.5 percent, but politicians quickly became addicted to this new source of tax revenue. By 1984, the top rate had jumped to 9.5 percent....
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 27, 2025 | Blogs, States
When I write about state economic policy, my go-to resources are Economic Freedom of North America and Freedom in the 50 States. But I need to add Rich States, Poor States, which is published by the American Legislative Exchange Council. Here’s a...
