by Dan Mitchell | Mar 3, 2011 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
Greetings from frigid Minnesota. I’m in this misplaced part of the North Pole to testify before both the Senate and House Tax Committees today on issues related to the Laffer Curve. In other words, I will be discussing how governments should measure the revenue impact...
by CF&P | Mar 1, 2011 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Taxation
Here’s a new mini-documentary from the Center for Freedom and Prosperity, narrated by Natasha Montague of Americans for Tax Reform, that explains why the process of tax competition is a critical constraint on the propensity of governments to over-tax and over-spend....
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 28, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation, VAT
Sooner or later, there will be a giant battle in Washington over the value-added tax. The people who want bigger government (and the people who are willing to surrender to big government) understand that a new source of tax revenue is needed to turn the United States...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 17, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Capital Gains, Flat Tax, Taxation
Here’s a video arguing for the abolition of the corporate income tax. The visuals are good and it touches on key issues such as competitiveness. I do have one complaint about the video, though it is merely a sin of omission. There is not enough attention paid to the...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 15, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
I looked yesterday at the spending side of Obama’s budget and found some good news and bad news. The good news was the absence of any big new initiative to expand the burden of government. That’s a welcome relief since the past couple of years have featured budget...
