The IMF’s Dirigiste Tax Agenda, Part I

by Dan Mitchell | Feb 18, 2023 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Tax Harmonization, Taxation

Thanks in large part to the pro-growth agendas of Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan, but also giving credit to policymakers in nations like Ireland and Switzerland, businesses (and their workers, consumers, and shareholders) have...

The Case Against Biden’s Class-Warfare Tax Policy, Part V

by Dan Mitchell | Feb 11, 2023 | Blogs, Capital Gains, Taxation

In 2020 and 2021, I wrote a four-part series (here, here, here, and here) about Biden’s class-warfare tax agenda. And I also wrote a series of columns about some of his worst ideas. Biden wants America to have the developed world’s highest...

Does America Have an Under-Taxation Problem?

by Dan Mitchell | Jan 26, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation

When leftists (or misguided rightists) tell me that Americans are under-taxed and that the government has lots of red ink because of insufficient revenue, I sometimes will direct them to the Office of Management and Budget’s Historical...

The Unavoidable Choice: Entitlement Reform or Massive Middle-Class Tax Increases

by Dan Mitchell | Dec 22, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation, Welfare and Entitlements

I worry about big tax increases because of America’s grim long-run fiscal outlook. The video clip is less than two minutes (taken from this longer discussion with Fergus Hodgson), but I can summarize my key point in just one very important sentence Anybody...

An Overdue Wake-Up Call for New York Democrats?

by Dan Mitchell | Dec 20, 2022 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation

The economic outlook in New York (both the state and the city) has been very depressing in recent years. New York is ranked #50 in the Economic Freedom of North America.New York is ranked #48 in the State Business Tax...