Topic: Taxation

Tariffs ‘Protect’ Insiders, While Americans Pay the Price

– September 13, 2024

“The best way to address unfair trade practices is not through blanket tariffs but by expanding trade with allies and non-hostile nations.” ~Vance Ginn

History, Property Rights, Taxation

From ‘Taxachusetts’ to ‘City Upon a Hill’

– September 12, 2024

“Tax and spending reform takes more than ‘electing the right people.’ It must be politically profitable for the wrong people to make the right choices.” ~Thomas Savidge

Cryptocurrency, Sound Money Project, Taxation

Tax Cryptocurrencies as Money, Not Property

– September 6, 2024

“Treating cryptocurrencies like property for tax purposes discourages people from using them like monies.” ~Gerald Dwyer

Economic Growth, Economic History, Taxation

To Grow Freely, Resist the ‘New Right’

– September 2, 2024

“Under the guise of a new form of conservatism, this faction argues for increased government intervention in the economy, protectionist measures, and the strengthening of monopoly labor unions.” ~Vance Ginn

Policy, Taxation

Harris’s Child Tax Credit Plan Punishes Working Families

– August 30, 2024

“Now is not the time to add even more spending to future taxpayers’ tab. The very Americans whom the Harris plan seeks to help — children — are the ones who will ultimately face the burden of repaying it in the form of higher taxes and dampened economic growth.” ~Kevin Corinth

Education, Research, Taxation

How ‘Equalizing’ School Finance Hurts Students and Taxpayers

– August 23, 2024

“New Hampshire is the most fiscally decentralized state in the country, with about two-thirds of the total tax burden being municipal…Households have a lot of choice about where to live, and they exercise it.” ~Jason Sorens and Judge Glock

Fiscal Policy, Government, Taxation

AIER Explainer Series Demystifies Public Debt

– August 21, 2024

“The debt problem is a spending problem, not a revenue problem. Research shows that raising taxes covers barely a fraction of the outstanding debt.” ~Thomas Savidge and Ryan Yonk

Education, Research Briefs, Taxation

AIER Defends Local Control in Key New Hampshire Tax and Education Cases

– August 14, 2024

AIER has submitted amicus curiae briefs to the New Hampshire Supreme Court in the combined cases Rand v. State and ConVal v. State. We took this step because our economic research is directly relevant to the issues raised in these cases.In Rand, the tr …

Free Trade, Regulation, Taxation

Do EV Producers Need Taxpayers’ Protection?

– August 14, 2024

“Protectionist subsidy of American EV producers necessarily diverts resources away from other industries in the US. What is the value of the production that declines in America because of EV protection?” ~Donald J. Boudreaux

Economic Education, Taxation

What Chalkboard Curves Ignore

– August 14, 2024

“When dealing with public policies, however, we should remember that using just one diagram may still be misleading. More than one incentive story or relationship is usually in play.” ~Gary M. Galles

Property Rights, Taxation

10 Ways to Close the Tax Evasion Gap

– August 2, 2024

“It is possible to reduce tax evasion without sending armed IRS agents to kick in doors or confiscate assets. The ten reasons given above provide some guidance to creating a tax system most people would voluntarily support.” ~Robert W. McGee

Economic Growth, Property Rights, Taxation

French Exports to Avoid: Wealth Taxes

– August 2, 2024

“Wealth taxes tend to yield low revenue, while dragging down economic growth. But they do make for good politics, especially in election years; envy commands votes.” ~Nikolai Wenzel