The Destructive Economics of Class-Warfare Taxation

by Dan Mitchell | Aug 9, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation

Caroline Baum of Bloomberg has an excellent column explaining why soak-the-rich taxes don’t work. Simply stated, wealthy people are not like you and me. They have tremendous control over the timing, composition, and level of their income. When the rich are hit with...

Should American Taxpayers Subsidize Left-Wing Bureaucrats in Paris (Who get Tax-Free Salaries) so They Can Advocate Higher Taxes in America?

by Dan Mitchell | Aug 2, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Tax Competition, Tax Harmonization, Taxation, VAT

The federal government is capable of enormous waste, which obviously is bad news, but the worst forms of government spending are those that actually leverage bad things. The old welfare system, for instance, paid people not to work and have babies out of wedlock (this...

Government-Run Health Care Means Higher Deficits and Debt: Realistic Assumptions Show 10-Year Deficits Easily Could Exceed $600 Billion

by Dan Mitchell | Nov 16, 2009 | CF&P Foundation Prosperitas Studies, Publications

[PDF Version] November 2009, Vol. IX, Issue II Government-Run Health Care Means Higher Deficits and Debt: Realistic Assumptions Show 10-Year Deficits Easily Could Exceed $600 Billion The healthcare proposals in the House and Senate are bad news for taxpayers and would...

New CF&P Video Makes the Case Against Class-Warfare Tax Policy

by CF&P | Jun 15, 2009 | News, Press Releases

Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation For Immediate Release Monday, June 15, 2009 202-285-0244 www.freedomandprosperity.org New CF&P Video Makes the Case Against Class-Warfare Tax Policy (Washington, D.C.  Monday, June 15, 2009) The Center for Freedom and...