Tag: taxes

O’Malley’s Fiscal Record: Fail

The former governor of Maryland, and former mayor of the currently burning city of Baltimore, Martin O'Malley is preparing a run for president. Here,...

Statists Motivated by Envy and Resentment

Who benefits most from the death tax? The Cato Institute’s Dan Mitchell cites two obvious answers: Politicians presumably benefit since they get more money to...

The Salvation of America’s Economy

Originally posted July 12, 2011. Courtesy of The New York Times and Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman. Paul Krugman is well read as a featured op-ed columnist...

Ho, Ho, Ho it’s the IRS

If you've ever been audited then you know what an unpleasant experience it is dealing with the IRS. For most of you--the successful Americans--...

Tax Day: Top 20% Pay 80%

As if April 15th wasn't depressing enough the WSJ reminds us that the top 20% of earners pay 84% of the income tax. The...

Abolishing the IRS

The Cato Institute’s Richard W. Rahn makes a solid case as to why the IRS should be abolished. Mr. Rahn argues that the present...

Scrap the IRS

You’re probably not surprised, but I’d like to see the tax-code and  the IRS scrapped. My friend Chris Edwards, director of tax policy studies...

Rubio-Lee Tax Plan

You can't start tax reform as a Republican by pitting families, individuals and corporations against each other. But that's exactly what the Rubio-Lee plan...

U.S. Tax Code Benefits Washington Insiders

Here the Cato Institute’s Dan Mitchell writes that one of the new traditions at the IRS is an annual release of tax scams. “Unsurprisingly,...

Perverse Incentives for Long-Term Dependency

That's how Cato Institute senior fellow Dan Mitchell describes the mix of high taxes and high spending on welfare that stunt the assimilation of...

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