by Dan Mitchell | Oct 25, 2023 | Blogs, States, Taxation, Uncategorized
Over the past week, we’ve looked at both the Tax Hell Index and the International Tax Competitiveness Index, giving us a good idea of which nations have terrible and not-so-terrible tax policy. Today, let’s look at which states rank high and low on tax...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 24, 2023 | Blogs
Folks on the left think it is terrible for nations to be “tax havens.” Since I’ve written many columns defending low-tax jurisdictions (including the moral argument), let’s flip the script today and instead look at “tax hells.” The 1841...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 19, 2023 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
As I did with the 2022 issue, the 2021 issue, the 2020 issue, etc, let’s analyze the results of the new International Tax Competitiveness Index from the Tax Foundation. In part, the results are boring because – once again...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 2, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation, Welfare and Entitlements
Mostly because of an aging population, entitlement spending in the United States is projected to become a much bigger burden. Without reform of those programs, the U.S. within a few decades will have a European-sized level of government spending....
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 28, 2023 | Blogs, Education, Taxation
I wrote more than four years ago about a misguided soda tax in Philadelphia. This video from John Stossel updates us on what’s happened. As usual, John makes good points I’m especially amazed that he was able to get an overpaid local politician to go on camera to...
