by Dan Mitchell | Nov 13, 2019 | Blogs, Taxation
Ever since the bureaucrats at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development launched their attack on so-called harmful tax competition back in the 1990s, I’ve warned that the goal has been to create a global tax cartel. Sort of an “OPEC for politicians.”...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 11, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
Candidates such as Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders supposedly are competing for hard-left voters, while candidates such as Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg are going after moderate voters. But a review of Buttigieg’s fiscal policy suggests he may belong in the first...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 7, 2019 | Blogs, Capital Gains, Taxation
Last month, I accused Elizabeth Warren of being a “fiscal fraud” for proposing a multi-trillion dollar government takeover of healthcare. She then unveiled a plethora of class-warfare taxes. As I discussed yesterday on CNBC, she even wants to tax capital gains even if...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 30, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Supply Side, Taxation
In some cases, politicians actually understand the economics of tax policy. It’s quite common, for instance, to hear them urging higher taxes on tobacco because they want to discourage smoking. I don’t think it’s their job to tell people how to live their lives, but I...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 27, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
In a column last week, I noted that Connecticut ranked near the bottom for state tax policy. And if there was a contest for which state has gone downhill at the fastest pace, the Nutmeg State would likely prevail. Less than 30 years ago, the state was reasonably...
