by Andrew F. Quinlan | Mar 29, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
Given the speed of the modern news cycle, politicians and political pundits are often not held accountable for failed predictions. This is especially troublesome when those predictions were so obviously made in bad faith, as was the case with much of the opposition to...
by Brian Garst | Feb 15, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market, Government Spending, Taxation
Public opinion on the tax reform bill is improving and is likely to continue to do so as workers see their take-home pay increase despite the repeated lies of the bill’s opponents. But that’s not the end of the story. The reductions included in the reform...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 8, 2018 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
I strongly applauded the tax reform plan that was enacted in December, especially the lower corporate tax rate and the limit on the deduction for state and local taxes. But I’m not satisfied. Our long-run goal should be fundamental tax reform. And that means replacing...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Feb 7, 2018 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by The Daily Caller on February 5, 2018. President Donald Trump is riding high after a well-received State of the Union address that highlighted the positive economic developments of his first year in office. Economic performance over the last...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 29, 2018 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
Judged by the amount of attention various provisions produced, last year’s fight over tax reform was about reducing the corporate tax rate and limiting the deduction for state and local taxes. But there were many other important changes, including a a big increase in...
