by Dan Mitchell | Apr 6, 2021 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
The state of New York is an economic disaster area. New York is ranked #50 in the Economic Freedom of North America.New York is ranked #48 in the State Business Tax Climate Index.New York is ranked #50 in the Freedom...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 2, 2021 | Blogs, Taxation
It’s simple to mock Democrats like Joe Biden, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Bernie Sanders. One reason they’re easy targets is they want people to believe that America can finance a European-style welfare state with higher taxes on the rich....
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 1, 2021 | Blogs, Taxation
I have a four-part series (here, here, here, and here) about the conceptual downsides of Joe Biden’s class-warfare approach to tax policy. Now it’s time to focus on the component parts of his agenda. Today’s column will review his plan for a big...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 22, 2021 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
As part of a video debate last year (where I also discussed wealth taxation, poverty reduction, and the inadvisability of tax increases), I pontificated on the negative economic impact of class-warfare taxation. To elaborate, I’m trying to help people understand why...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 16, 2021 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
For the past couple of decades, I’ve been warning (over and over and over and over again) that politicians want to curtail tax competition so that it will be easier for them to increase tax burdens....
