by Dan Mitchell | Sep 19, 2022 | Blogs, Taxation
Every American school kid presumably learns about the Boston Tea Party and other events that culminated with the United States gaining independence from from the rule of King George III. Think of it as America’s first tax revolt. But that’s not the...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 18, 2022 | Blogs, Taxation
I celebrate when my friends on the left stumble into economic insights. For instance, many of them sound like Milton Friedman when they pontificate in favor of higher tobacco taxes because they want people to smoke fewer cigarettes. As a libertarian, I...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 13, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
This probably does not quite belong in my collection of “most depressing charts,” but it is definitely very bad news that taxes now impose a greater burden on the average American household than the combined cost of food, clothing, education, and health care. This is...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 30, 2022 | Blogs, Taxation
It is easy to criticize the many types of bad tax policy in the United States. High marginal tax ratesPervasive double taxationMind-boggling complexityGrotesque unfairnessThe Internal Revenue Service But let’s not forget other...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 28, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe, Taxation, Welfare and Entitlements
What accounts for Switzerland’s “improbable success“? How did a small, land-locked nation with few natural resources become so successful? Switzerland routinely ranks very high in international comparisons of economic liberty, so that means...
