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By DanielJMitchell, on May 23rd, 2013
I don’t like giving international bureaucrats tax-free salaries. And it really galls me when they use their privileged positions to promote statism. So you can understand why I’m not a big fan of the International Monetary Fund. Whether we’re talking more spending, more taxes, more bailouts, or more centralization and harmonization, it seems that the […] . . . → Read More: The IMF Is the Doctor Kevorkian of Global Economic Policy
By DanielJMitchell, on May 22nd, 2013
Senator Rand Paul is perhaps even better than I thought he would be. He already is playing a very substantive role on policy, ranging from his actions of big-picture issues, such as his proposed budget that would significantly shrink the burden of government spending, to his willingness to take on lower-profile but important issues such as […] . . . → Read More: Rand Paul Debunks the Shameful Demagoguery against Apple
By DanielJMitchell, on May 22nd, 2013
Senator Rand Paul is perhaps even better than I thought he would be. He already is playing a very substantive role on policy, ranging from his actions of big-picture issues, such as his proposed budget that would significantly shrink the burden of government spending, to his willingness to take on lower-profile but important issues such as […] . . . → Read More: Rand Paul Debunks the Shameful Demagoguery against Apple
By DanielJMitchell, on May 21st, 2013
The Senate is holding a Kangaroo Court designed to smear Apple for not voluntarily coughing up more tax revenue than the company actually owes. Here are four things you need to know. Apple is fully complying with the tax law. There is no suggestion that Apple has done anything illegal. The company is being berated […] . . . → Read More: Four Reasons to Applaud Apple’s Tax Planning
By DanielJMitchell, on May 20th, 2013
I joked back in 2010 that Barack Obama had a very simple flat tax proposal. But as you can see, sometimes simple isn’t the same as good. Well, satire too often becomes reality in a world of greedy and corrupt politicians who think class-warfare is an acceptable guide to tax policy. I say this because […] . . . → Read More: Lucky French Taxpayers Get an Obama-Style Flat Tax
By DanielJMitchell, on May 19th, 2013
I feel like I’m on the witness stand and I’m being badgered by a hostile lawyers. Readers keep asking me to identify the revenue-maximizing point on the Laffer Curve. But I don’t like that question. In the past, I’ve explained that the growth-maximizing point on the Laffer Curve is where enough revenue is raised to […] . . . → Read More: Question of the Week: Quit Dodging the Issue and Tell Us the Revenue-Maximizing Point on the Laffer Curve
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