by Dan Mitchell | Nov 21, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
Even though America’s fiscal policy is in bad shape and getting worse, I’m afraid that politicians who claim to want to make things better will wind up making things worse. For instance, when two former Senators (Rob Portman of Ohio and Kent Conrad of...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 14, 2023 | Blogs, Economics, Laffer Curve, Supply Side, Taxation
In Part I of this series, I looked at Ronald Reagan’s reasonably successful track record on government spending (which could be characterized as fantastically successful when compared to other Republican presidents) and explained why we need...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 9, 2023 | Blogs, States, Tax Competition, Taxation
State-to-state migration is an underappreciated issue, for both economic and political reasons. And I’ve explained that taxes play a huge role. In Part I of this series, we looked at how people – and taxable income – are moving from high-tax...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 3, 2023 | Blogs, Economics, Laffer Curve, Supply Side, Taxation
Yesterday’s column reviewed a new academic study which found that Trump’s corporate tax reforms had a very positive impact on investment, which means more growth and higher wages for the American economy. The study, which was written by Gabriel Chodorow-Reich...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 2, 2023 | Blogs, Economics, Supply Side, Taxation
I’m very critical of bad policies we got during the Trump years, most notably profligacy and protectionism. But I shower praise on the good policies, such as the 2017 tax legislation (especially the lower corporate tax rate and...
