Topic: Taxation

The Real Significance of the French Tax Revolt

– December 3, 2018

For two weeks in France, and now Belgium and the Netherlands, a European Spring has been building. What we see in Paris today might be the end of social democracy as we know it, and what comes in its place is what the battle of ideas today is really about.

Economic Theory, Taxation, Unemployment

A Bona Fide Tax Revolt in France

– November 26, 2018

Politicians and activists who blithely maintain that public support for lofty climate change projects is both bottomless and selfless are either obtuse or tacitly agitating for tyranny.

Free Markets, Taxation

The Ugly Truth About Amazon’s HQ2 Beauty Contest

– November 20, 2018

Amazon’s highly coveted HQ2 is probably a good deal for company and cities alike, but for the rest of us, it’s just another frustrating example of what happens when big business and big government join hands.

Regulation, Taxation

Our Bundled Government

– October 1, 2018

How many times have you had to hold your nose when voting for a candidate because you hate their views on some issues but agree with them on issues you find more important? This is the familiar problem of bundling.

Taxation

A Carbon Tax Is Still a Bad Idea

– July 27, 2018

For the second time since the last election, there’s a growing effort to impose a carbon tax on Americans. Once again, this effort is being led not by the environmentalist left, but by conservative organizations and a small group of Republican legislators.

Taxation

Background on the Janus Case

– June 28, 2018

Should a person be forced to pay the equivalent of union dues that pushes a version of politics that he or she opposes? The Supreme Court has ruled: no.

Taxation

How Not to Reform Tax Filing

– April 17, 2018

What Elizabeth Warren intends is to make the highwayman rob you in your sleep, so that you never know he is there and come to expect less ownership in the morning than when you went to bed. Her proposed change to tax filing would diminish property rights, make tax increases easier, reduce your privacy, and fundamentally upend what remains of the idea that you are entitled to the wealth you earn. It would also end up restricting your possible sources of income

Taxation

The Year Ends in Tax Cuts and Deregulation

– December 25, 2017

So far as I’m concerned, the genuine achievements under the Trump administration can be summed up in two words: tax cuts and deregulation.

Research Briefs, Taxation

Whose Money Is It?

– October 11, 2017

Tax debates might have better outcomes if we began by acknowledging that the politicians take the money from the people who earn it. It’s not the politicians’ money. It’s ours.

Inflation, Taxation

Bracket Creep: A Real Problem for Taxpayers

– September 7, 2017

Nothing raises Americans’ ire more than tax increases, but most of us don’t know that we face a hidden income-tax hike almost every year that the economy grows.

Research Briefs, Taxation

TARP’s Tax Meter Still Running Years After End of Crisis

– August 16, 2017

Taxes are being collected to help end the financial crisis that ended nearly a decade ago.

Research Briefs, Taxation

Repeal the Corporate Income Tax

– May 19, 2017

An especially controversial feature of President Trump’s proposed tax reform is a cut in the corporate income tax. The current tax is progressive, with rates ranging from 15 to 35 percent on income minus deductions. The Trump tax would have a single rate of 15 percent and would eliminate some deductions.