by Dan Mitchell | Jun 4, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Health Care, Taxation
I wrote back in 2016 that the health care exclusion was the worst loophole in America’s monstrosity of a tax code. Today’s column will explain why that is still true and we’ll begin with this short explainer video from the folks at Kite &...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 2, 2025 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by The American Spectator on May 30, 2025. Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts are set to expire at the end of the year, but thankfully, Congress is taking action. The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which...
by Dan Mitchell | May 11, 2025 | Blogs, Taxation
When I write about America’s awful tax code, I generally focus on anti-growth policies such as high tax rates, the bias against saving and investment, and nightmarish and costly complexity. But there’s actually a fourth problem of “worldwide taxation”...
by Dan Mitchell | May 6, 2025 | Blogs, Taxation
The 1841 Foundation has released a new version of the Tax Hell Index. And just like last year and in 2022, let’s see what nations qualified because of the combination of bad fiscal policy and low-quality governance. There is a tie for the...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 29, 2025 | Blogs, Taxation
Basic economy theory, depicted by supply-and-demand curves, tells us that taxes will cause “deadweight loss.” This is the economic activity that no longer occurs because taxes creates a wedge between buyers and sellers. And this analysis applies whether...
