by Dan Mitchell | Nov 25, 2012 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Harmonization, Taxation
As a taxpayer, I’m not a big fan of international bureaucracies. They consume a lot of money, pay themselves extravagant (and tax-free!) salaries, and generally promote statist policies. The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is a prime...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 18, 2010 | Blogs, Crime, Society, Taxation
We all know that alcohol prohibition was great news for organized crime in the 1920s, and we also know that drug prohibition is causing widespread societal destruction today, but taxation also can facilitate criminal behavior. Specifically, there is considerable...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 29, 2010 | Blogs, Taxation
In the private sector, no business owner would be dumb enough to assume that higher prices automatically translate into proportionately higher revenues. If McDonald’s boosted hamburger prices by 30 percent, for instance, the experts at the company would fully expect...
by Brian Garst | Aug 19, 2010 | Blogs, Taxation
Vincent DeMarco, president of the Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative Education Fund, recently wrote to the Baltimore Sun to stick up for Maryland’s sin taxes. He seems to view it as the obligation of government to reduce activities it determines to be...
