by Dan Mitchell | Oct 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
I’m happy that many of the presidential candidates are proposing big tax cuts. Bobby Jindal and Donald Trump have large tax cuts, and Jeb Bush, Rand Paul, and Marco Rubio are proposing smaller – but still significant – reductions in the federal tax burden. All of...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 23, 2015 | Blogs, Europe, Tax Competition, Tax Harmonization, Tax Havens, Taxation
Europe is suffering from economic stagnation caused in part by excessive fiscal burdens. So what are European policy makers doing to address this problem? If you think the answer might have something to do with a shift to responsible fiscal policy, you obviously have...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 20, 2015 | Blogs, Taxation
Who benefits most from the death tax? There are two obvious answers. First, politicians presumably benefit since they get more money to spend. Yes, it’s true that the tax discourages capital formation and may actuallylose revenue in the long run, but politicians...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 16, 2015 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Taxation
Last September, I wrote that America’s business tax system is a nightmare that simultaneously undermines the competitiveness of American companies while also causing lots of irritation in other nations. Both of those bad things happen because politicians in Washington...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 6, 2014 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
When people figure out ways to keep the money they earn in their own pockets, rather than having it confiscated by government, I’m almost always happy. That’s because governments tend to waste money (should any of us pay for corrupt pork-barrel spending?). And it’s...
