by Dan Mitchell | Feb 9, 2019 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
According to Freedom in the 50 States, which we reviewed a couple of days ago, New Jersey is in the bottom 10 and has been moving in the wrong direction. This dismal ranking is not an anomaly. New Jersey also is in the bottom 10 of states according to Economic Freedom...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 8, 2019 | Blogs, Economics
I did not like Bill Clinton’s 1993 class-warfare tax hike, and I also opposed Barack Obama’s 2012 fiscal-cliff tax increase on the so-called rich. But those were incremental measures. Today’s leftist politicians have much more grandiose schemes, such as 70 percent tax...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 3, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
When I ask friends on the left to answer my two-question challenge about prosperity and the size of government, they sometimes will flip the script and demand that I answer their version of the same question. Name a jurisdiction that became rich with small government,...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 28, 2019 | Blogs, Taxation
I’ve periodically opined about why politicians should not try to control people’s behavior with discriminatory taxes, such as the ones being imposed on soda. And I’ve cited some examples of how these taxes backfire. The big drop in soda purchases after a tax on sugary...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 27, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
Maybe I’m just old-fashioned, but I don’t believe in using dodgy numbers or nonsensical analysis – even if that would help my side in a policy debate. And it goes without saying that I also don’t like when the other side is dishonest. But I’m not talking about my...
