by Dan Mitchell | Aug 8, 2024 | Blogs, States, Taxation
Writing about Mitt Romney’s selection of Paul Ryan in 2012, I opined that, “…it probably means nothing. I don’t think there’s been an election in my lifetime that was impacted by the second person on a presidential ticket.” I feel the same way about Tim Walz, who is...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 7, 2024 | Blogs, Taxation
As I wrote in both 2020 and earlier this year, Kamala Harris is worse than Joe Biden on economic issues. Heck, based on an analysis of spending proposals in the 2020 race, she’s even worse than Bernie Sanders. What worries me most is that...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 6, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation, Welfare and Entitlements
During his time in the White House, Donald Trump pursued very good tax policy and very bad spending policy. So if he wins a second term, one would hope he maintains his approach on taxes and changes his approach on spending. Unfortunately, he is doing...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 31, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
If Joe Biden and Kamala Harris proposed to give taxpayer funds to pro-tax, pro-spending groups like the Center for American Progress or the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Republicans presumably would argue against handouts. After all, why...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 23, 2024 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
I wrote a couple of days ago about the possibility of confiscatory taxes in France and whether that would lead to an exodus of upper-income taxpayer. Since that’s happened before, it’s very realistic to think it will happen again. Now let’s...
