by Dan Mitchell | Apr 1, 2022 | Blogs, Taxation
I’ve already written that massive spending increases for various bureaucracies is the most offensive part of Biden’s new budget. But I explicitly noted that these huge budgetary increases (well above the rate of inflation, unlike what’s happening...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 31, 2022 | Blogs, Taxation
How do we know people don’t like taxes? They tend to reject candidates who support higher taxes, as George H.W. Bush and other politicians have learned.Then tend to vote against higher taxes when given an opportunity (though...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 27, 2022 | Blogs, Taxation
The economics of taxation is simple. The more you tax of something, the less you get of it. In some cases, such as taxing tobacco, people sometimes argue this is a good result. In other cases, such as taxing work, entrepreneurship,...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 23, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
I’ve identified seven reasons to oppose tax increases, but explain in this interview that the biggest reason is that it would be a mistake to give politicians more money to finance an ever-larger burden of government spending. I had two goals when responding this...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 21, 2022 | Blogs, States, Taxation
I regularly share reports that measure how states rank for economic policy. Economic Freedom of North AmericaFreedom in the 50 StatesState Business Tax Climate IndexState income taxesState sales taxesState budgetary burdens Now we can augment this collection. A...
