by Dan Mitchell | Mar 18, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
Texas has a small state government and no state income tax. California has a bloated state government and a punitive state income tax. Here’s a simple quiz: Which state is doing better? The answer is obvious, as Michael Barone explains: Democratic majorities...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 5, 2010 | Blogs, Economic Growth
There doesn’t seem to be much union in the European Union. Greek politicians are wetting their pants that Germany isn’t bending over fast enough to provide bailout money, so they pulled out the Nazi card. I’m sure the Germans raped Greece during...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 2, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Competition, Economic Growth, Free Market
A new study from the University of Michigan Law School’s Empirical Legal Studies Center finds that it is more difficult today for politicians to impose excessive financial regulation because firms can migrate to jurisdictions with more pro-market policy. The...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 26, 2010 | Blogs, Economic Growth, Free Market
Here are a few interesting links to keep you informed about the fiscal crisis in Greece. Richard Rahn has a nice comparison in the Washington Times of Poland’s good policy and Greece’s profligacy....
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 27, 2010 | Blogs, Privacy, Tax Harmonization, Taxation
A Swiss court just threw a wrench in the gears of an IRS effort to impose bad US tax law on an extraterritorial basis, ruling that UBS does not have to hand over data to the American tax authorities. This ruling nullifies an agreement that the Swiss government was...
