Biden Aims To Fund Future Spending Sprees With New Tax Hikes
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Taxes
Biden's 'Rescue Plan' Will Sic the IRS on Anyone Who Earns $600 in the Gig Economy
What does this have to do with the pandemic? Nothing.
Federal COVID-19 Bailout Prohibits States From Cutting Taxes
The measure could also make it illegal for states to create new tax credit programs, such as those used for expanding school choice.
Elizabeth Warren Still Wants a Wealth Tax. It Still Won't Work.
The Massachusetts senator is the latest Democrat to use the pandemic to justify a policy she already wanted.
Supreme Court Allows NY State Prosecutors to Obtain Trump Tax Returns
The ruling is an unsigned, one-sentence order.
Washington State Might Tax 4 People Billions of Dollars. What If They Leave?
A proposed wealth tax would collect 97 percent of its revenue from famous billionaires.
State, Local Governments Are Posting Surprisingly Sunny Revenue Projections. Democrats Want To Give Them $350 Billion Anyway.
Most states managed to avoid much-predicted fiscal crises during the pandemic. Congress wants to shower them with more federal aid anyway.
Maryland's Legislature Just Imposed a New Tax on Digital Advertising by Overriding Gov. Larry Hogan's Veto
The first-in-the-nation tax is an expensive and regressive policy that's also possibly unconstitutional.
Podcast on New Hampshire v. Massachusetts
I was interviewed by Joe Salvetta of the Pioneer Institute, a leading Massachusetts public policy think tank.
Great Moments in Unintended Consequences (Vol. 2)
Good intentions, bad results.
Update on New Hampshire v. Massachusetts
The Supreme Court did not resolve the case today, but did take the noteworthy step of asking for the views of the federal government.
New Hampshire's Supreme Court Lawsuit Seeking to Prevent Massachusetts from Taxing NH Residents Working Remotely for Massachusetts Firms
The case was filed directly in the Supreme Court under its "original jurisdiction" over cases filed by one state against another. It could have important implications for the future of federalism.
Pandemic-Slammed Small Businesses Require Regulatory Relief
Entrepreneurs discouraged by red tape even before COVID-19 need officials to leave them alone.
Illinois' Population Drain Continues for 7th Consecutive Year
The tax- and corruption-heavy state has lost a quarter-million people in the past decade.
To Protect 'Children' From E-Cigarettes, Congress Imposes New Restrictions on Everything Related to Vaping of Any Kind
The law bans mail delivery of vaping products and requires all vendors to comply with burdensome tax reporting rules.
Forgiving Student Debt Wouldn't Be a Major Economic Stimulus
Despite Elizabeth Warren's contention that it is the "single most effective economic stimulus that is available through executive action," forgiving student debt is a bad idea.
Joe Biden's Pick for Top Economic Adviser, Neera Tanden, Endorsed Bill Creating a National Soda Tax
The national soda tax may be a small but telling example of how Tanden views policy making.
Should Remote Workers Pay a Tax for the 'Privilege' of Using Their Home as an Office?
Deutsche Bank has proposed a 5 percent income tax on people working from home, the revenue from which could be spent supplementing the lost wages of service workers.
How Elite Colleges Rip Off Taxpayers
Yale University gets government handouts while paying little in property taxes.
Voters Used Ballot Initiatives To Defy Power-Mad Politicians
Tax hikes? Drug wars? Racial Preferences? Not today.
Brian Riedl: Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and $6 Trillion Budgets
How to slow massive and unchecked national deficits in an age of runaway spending and divided government.
12 Good Things That Might Happen Today, None of Which Involve Trump or Biden
American voters have the chance to usher in a few libertarian policies this election, courtesy of these state ballot measures.
Illinois' Governor Begs Citizens To Let Government Tax Them Even More
Lawmakers are bribing citizens with a tiny tax break in exchange for the power to jack up income tax rates down the line.
Biden and Trump Offer Competing Tax Proposals, but Both Ignore Economic Reality
Trump plans to steal less of other people’s cash then Biden does, though neither has any serious suggestions for paying for their spending schemes.
Joe Biden's Economic Policies Would Cost the Economy 4.9 Million Jobs by 2030, According to a New Study
The Democratic presidential candidate has promised not to raise taxes on middle-income earners. That's not the full story.
Democratic Warnings That Confirming Amy Coney Barrett Would Doom Obamacare Are Implausible and Confused
There is little reason to think Barrett would vote to overturn the Affordable Care Act, which in any case seems legally secure.
Debt Reckoning
After years of federal fiscal recklessness, is Washington's bill finally coming due?
People Are Missing the Point on Trump's Tax Returns
The U.S. tax code should be front and center.
The Lessons Americans Refuse To Learn From Trump's Tax Returns
Major-party politicians avoid tax simplification almost as aggressively as the rich avoid taxation, argue the Reason Roundtable panelists.
Trump's Tiny Tax Bill
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A Nebraska County Took His $25,000 Property To Settle a $986 Tax Debt. Now the U.S. Supreme Court Could Get Involved.
Walter Barnette didn't know that his own land had been sold out from under him until it had already happened.
A Payroll Tax Holiday Is No Free Lunch
Forgiving payroll taxes is a bad way of stimulating the economy and would leave Social Security benefits underfunded.
Both Biden and Trump Plan to Spend Well Beyond the Government's Means
Whether Biden or Trump wins this November, we're in for big, unaffordable government. How much bigger and how unaffordable are the only real questions.
Wealth Taxes Make Us Poorer
A new study finds that taxes on wealth reduce long-run GDP by 2.7 percent.
California Lawmakers Want a Wealth Tax to Soak the Rich for Living There. Also, for Leaving.
The proposed tax would apply to not just wealthy residents, but anyone who is wealthy who has lived in the state for the last 10 years.
What the Toronto Blue Jays' Infielders Can Teach Us About the Inheritance Tax
Some parents with valuable skills will find some way to transmit those skills to their children, and some children will find ways to learn them from parents.
California's Attorney General Decides How Ballot Initiatives Are Summarized. He's Happy To Abuse This Power.
Xavier Becerra conceals tax increases and reframes a gig economy proposition to hurt its chances.
County Wants Answers From Treasurer Who Seized Man's Home Over $8 Tax Bill
Officials in Oakland County, Michigan, are worried they could be on the hook for more than $30 million in payments to former homeowners victimized by an aggressive forfeiture scheme.
Michigan Supreme Court Rules Government Can't Seize Entire Value of Home Over Property Tax Delinquency Worth $8.41
The Court unanimously ruled such a tax "forfeiture" qualifies as a taking for which compensation must be paid.
What State and Local Governments Can Learn From the Coronavirus Crisis
Why should the responsible states bail out the irresponsible ones?
Seattle's 'Autonomous Zone' Is Dead, But Its Amazon Tax Has Come Roaring Back to Life
The city has passed a new payroll tax on large employers that is expected to raise over $200 million a year.
The Next Pandemic Will Be Caused by the National Debt. It Will Crater the Economy.
Debt held by the public equals about 100 percent of GDP. That's hurting growth and will fuel a major crisis.
As Delayed Tax Day Approaches, Consider What You Get for Your Money
Do you appreciate the incompetence, in-fighting, obstructionism, authoritarianism, and waste that you pay for?
It's Time To Leave Your City. Come to West Virginia With Me.
It’s not another Free State Project, just a way to live a better life during the coronavirus era.
One Man's Battle With the IRS Over Bitcoin Privacy
William Zietzke’s tax battle may affect thousands of cryptocurrency holders.
