Passing Laws, Passing Taxes, and Passing the Buck
Understanding the real economic impact of higher taxes.
Taxes
Don't Believe the Hype: Sales Tax Holidays Are Usually a Ripoff
A weekend where a few items are free of sales taxes is a poor substitute for permanent reforms.
Colorado's Paid Leave Proposal Ignores Trade-Offs
The unintended consequences of a one-size-fits-all plan.
Occupational Licensing Stops Workers From Moving Across State Lines. Andrew Yang Wants To Fix That.
The Democratic presidential candidate is the latest example that occupational licensing is truly a bipartisan battle.
Why Elizabeth Warren's Wealth Tax Won't Work
Elizabeth Warren says her "ultra-millionaire tax" will raise $2.75 trillion. History says otherwise.
San Francisco Has Ditched Its Dumb 'IPO Tax' (For Now)
The tax was actually on much more than initial public offerings of stocks, and likely would have driven the next generation of startups to locate somewhere else.
Rand Paul Was Right to Delay Vote on Funding Bill for 9/11 First Responders
The Kentucky senator wants the Senate to consider offsetting spending cuts before approving limitless, automatic spending for the rest of the century.
Be Skeptical About Bernie Sanders' Financial Transactions Tax
Nonpartisan and center-left groups are casting doubt on the Vermont senator's revenue estimates.
Trump's Proposed Tariffs on Tea and Fireworks Are Doubly Awful on Independence Day
Tariffs on tea have never caused any problems, right?
Deceptive Data Make Georgia's Film Tax Credit Program Look Less Wasteful
Economists debunk the state government's claims about the size of the film industry.
Bernie Sanders' #CancelStudentDebt Is a Dangerous Scam
The world doesn't owe you a dream college or a dream house or a dream job.
The Depressing State of the 2020 Presidential Race
Lots of bad ideas from both sides of the political aisle.
Joe Biden Said Amazon Doesn't Pay Enough Taxes. Amazon Wasn't Having It.
The Democratic presidential hopeful tweeted that the company pays "a lower tax rate than firefighters and teachers."
Mick Mulvaney Turns His Back on Fiscal Responsibility
"Show me the majority for cutting spending," he says.
The Case Against Government-Mandated Parental Leave
Let employers and employees work it out to meet individual needs.
Trump's Tariffs on Mexican Imports Would Be Biggest Tax Increase in Decades
If the tariffs ramp-up all the way to 25 percent, as Trump has threatened, they would be the biggest tax increase since 1968.
Warren's Wealth Tax Draws Skepticism from Economists
The Democratic hopeful has a plan for everything. Will her plans add up?
Illinois Passes Constitutional Amendment to Allow a Progressive Income Tax
Voters will decide next year whether to impose it.
Illinois Is on the Verge of Legalizing Marijuana. Here Is What the Bill Would Do.
New York legislators also are taking another shot at legalization.
California's Marijuana Tax Revenue Still Sucks Stale Bong Water
High taxes and harsh regulations lead to a $223 million cut in budget projections.
Liberals Were Very Wrong About Tax Cuts. Again.
To be this wrong this often deserves recognition.
Nobody Actually Knows Very Much About Trump's Business Dealings
A New York Times report alleges the president lost more than $1 billion over a decade, but the truth is more complicated.
N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy Wants To Raise Gun Permit Fees by 2,000 Percent
But most gun crimes are carried out with out-of-state firearms.
California Politicians Hiked Gas Tax, Now Demand Investigation Into State's $4 Per Gallon Gas Prices
What could possibly be increasing California's gas prices?
Nobody Thinks They've Gotten a Recent Tax Cut, but a Majority Have: Reason Roundup
Plus: Silk Road 2.0 creator sentenced, and FUCT at the trademark office
Happy Tax Day! Here Are 6 Infuriating Ways the Government Spends Your Money
Surprised? Yeah, neither are we.
I Got Stoned and Did My Taxes
Being comfortably high makes the burden of taxes a bit less awful.
Starve the Tax Man
Americans are increasingly reluctant to pay the IRS. Who can blame them?
Bill Could Solve 'Compliance Labyrinth' Facing Some Businesses After SCOTUS Online Sales Tax Ruling
The legislation would exempt sellers who gross less than $10 million in annual sales from owing taxes to other states.
The Supreme Court's Online Sales Tax Ruling Is Already a Huge Headache for Small Businesses
An overlooked ruling could force small businesses to pay sales tax in dozens, even hundreds, of jurisdictions where they have no representation.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wants to Raise Your Taxes
Do you pay enough taxes? What is enough?
Trump Wants to Tax Your Juul
The White House's budget proposal would subject E-cigarettes and vaping products to a new "user fee," but it's really just a tax.
The Rise of the Low-Tax Socialists
Today's Democrats want all sorts of new spending, but not the middle-class taxes to go along with it.
Google Wants $15 Million in Tax Breaks to Build a Data Center in Minnesota
The tech giant is asking Becker, Minnesota, to waive 20 years' worth of city and county taxes.
Lower Taxes May Have Helped Philadelphia Sign Bryce Harper
Harper considered signing with two California-based teams, but he would have had to pay millions more to the taxman.
Leftist Tax Schemes Bash the Rich, but Depend on Their Success
Government officials want as much revenue as possible so it can spend it with wild abandon. There will never be enough to satisfy them.
Pennsylvania Lawmaker Calls for Thoroughly Unconstitutional Tax on 'Violent' Video Games
It's not about school safety-it's about the money.
Ron Wyden's Marijuana Bill Is 2% Legalization, 98% Taxes and Regulations
The new federal burdens would make it even harder for the cannabis industry to displace the black market.
Taxes Are Getting Weaponized for Partisan Purposes
How willing are you to pay taxes when you know they're intended to do you harm?
Elizabeth Warren's Wealth Tax Is a Stunt Policy That Other Countries Have Tried and Discarded
Her big new tax plan is impractical, ineffective, and probably unconstitutional.
Bernie Sanders Wants To Seize 77% of Dead Billionaires' Estates
The estate tax is a form of double taxation.
Disappointed by Marijuana Tax Revenue, California Legislators Propose Rate Cuts
The reduction will not be enough to displace the black market.
Are Billionaires Immoral? Democrats Are Staking Out Aggressive Anti-Wealth Platforms Ahead of 2020.
Is it moral to blame a country's problems on a handful of wealthy individuals? Is it a wise political strategy?
