Topic: Taxation

Research Briefs, Sound Banking, Taxation

Trump’s Plan Reduces the Tax Burden but Increases the Debt Load

– May 2, 2017

Americans spend $400 billion dollars per year to comply with the tax code. Americans also dedicate 9 billion hours of labor to comply with the current tax code. Beyond costly compliance, the current tax code distorts investment and work decisions in the economy. Something needs to be done to simplify the tax code and make it pro-growth.

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Sound Money Project, Taxation

An Age of Illusionists

– November 29, 2012

Remember, all spending is a tax. It has to come from somewhere. It’s coming out of the value of your Dollar.

Inflation, Policy, Sound Money Project, Taxation

New CPI Means Higher Taxes, Lower Benefits

– June 11, 2012

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but a steak tastes not as sweet – if it’s a cut of horse meat… The new CPI calculations are designed to further disguise inflation and the erosion of your standard of living. Last month, …

Fiscal Policy, Sound Money Project, Taxation

“Two Years of Epic Stimulus Failures” – Steve Stanek

– March 9, 2011

“We’ve just passed the second anniversary of “economic stimulus” under President Barack Obama. Aside from spending on the stimulus itself—the actual price tag soon climbed from $787 billion to $862 billion—not much else has been stimulated. Well over h …

Fiscal Policy, Sound Money Project, Taxation

“Our fiscal paradox: Governments too costly to function” – WP

– February 22, 2011

“Many governors face more than a spending crisis. They preside over failed systems that have discouraged fiscal restraint and sometimes preferred the interests of state employees to the interests of taxpayers. “The most important changes,” says John Ho …

Fiscal Policy, Inflation, Policy, Sound Money, Sound Money Project, Taxation

“Obama’s Louis XV budget full of gimmicks” – Chicago Tribune

– February 21, 2011

“Classic Obama debt reduction: Add $2 trillion in new taxes, then add another $1 trillion in new spending and, presto, you’ve got $1 trillion of debt reduction. And what of those “painful cuts” Obama is making to programs he really cares about? The cat …

Central Banking, Fiscal Policy, Inflation, Sound Banking, Sound Money Project, Taxation

“The New Big Picture”

– December 15, 2010

“On the other hand, all that has happened is that the tax rates that have now been in force for almost 10 years have been continued for 2 more years. The Fed has the economy fully primed for rising inflation and interest rates as the recovery takes hol …

Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy, Sound Banking, Sound Money Project, Taxation

Calculating the Cost of Government – The Independent Institute

– December 1, 2010

Our friends over at the Independent Institute are helping you find out just how much the U.S. government is costing you. Visit MyGovCost.org to access your Government Cost Calculator!

Central Banking, Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy, Sound Money Project, Taxation

“Fed’s Move Doesn’t Impress Top CEO’s”

– November 29, 2010

“The sudden increase in capital investments would create jobs and encourage economic growth, which would then make it possible to weather the interest rate hikes the Fed would inevitably adopt to keep inflation from getting out of hand. That’s the theo …

Central Banking, Inflation, Monetary Policy, Sound Money Project, Taxation

“Death and Taxes, Including Inflation: the Public versus Economists”

– June 23, 2010

“Inflation worries the general public much more than it does the economics profession, and economists remain perplexed as to exactly why. The costs that concern economists are inflation’s deadweight loss. But that is only a part of the losses that conc …

Free Trade, Taxation

Tax Reform: No Time Like the Present

– November 19, 2008

Research Reports – 02/12/2007 Also: Blame NAFTA?

Taxation

The Ultimate Loophole—Spend Your Own Money

– May 1, 2008

Research Reports – 1976, Issue: 23