by Dan Mitchell | Oct 10, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, States, Tax Competition, Taxation
I periodically mock the crazy statists of California. The state is almost surely doomed to suffer a Greek-style fiscal chaos. The only unknown is whether Illinois will beat the Golden State into default. The politicians in Sacramento impose very high taxes to fund a...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 4, 2012 | Blogs, Economics, Laffer Curve, Tax Competition, Taxation
I’ve shared evidence from around the world (England, Italy, the United States, and France) and from various states (Illinois, Oregon, Florida,Maryland, and New York) to argue that it is foolish to ignore the Laffer Curve. Not that it makes any difference. I’m slowly...
by Brian Garst | Oct 1, 2012 | Blogs, Capital Gains, Economic Growth, Tax Competition, Taxation
Would you want to live in a city with no income, sales or capital gains taxes? Well you can soon move to Honduras and get your chance: Small government and free-market capitalism are about to get put to the test in Honduras, where the government has agreed to let an...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 29, 2012 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Taxation
I spoke at the United Nations back in May, explaining that more government was the wrong way to help the global economy. But I guess I’m not very persuasive. The bureaucrats have just released a new report entitled, “In Search of New Development Finance.” As you can...
by CF&P | Sep 26, 2012 | News, Press Releases
Center for Freedom and Prosperity For Immediate Release Wednesday, September 26, 2012 202-285-0244 www.freedomandprosperity.org CF&P Documents Radical Statist Agenda of Tax Competition Foes (Washington, D.C., Wednesday, September 26, 2012) The Center for Freedom...
