Illinois Passes Constitutional Amendment to Allow a Progressive Income Tax
Voters will decide next year whether to impose it.
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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?
Are Billionaires a Policy Failure?: Podcast
Assessing Elizabeth Warren's "tippy-top" tax, Howard Schultz's presidential candidacy, Donald Trump's shutdown-shutdown, and more
New Poll: Medicare for All Is Popular Until You Explain How It Works
Support drops when you tell people it would require higher taxes, longer lines, and switching insurance plans.
San Francisco Wants to Tax Vacant Shopfronts to Attract New Business
Supervisor Aaron Peskin is pitching his bill as a way to help out small business and crackdown on speculating landlords.
Apple's Tax Tactics Deserve Defending, Not Shaming
Is it moral to pay higher taxes, even if that hurts employees, consumers, and shareholders? David Brooks seems to thinks so.
No, Economists Don't Agree a 70 Percent Top Marginal Tax Rate Is a Good Idea
Sorry, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Paul Krugman.
Increasing Top Tax Brackets Is Easier Than Increasing Revenue Over Time
Proponents of jacking top marginal income tax rates such as AOC ignore how hard it is to actually boost revenue over the long haul.
Thanks to Heavy Taxes and Regulations, California's Legal Cannabis Sales Fell After Recreational Stores Opened
The market's performance is falling far short of predictions.
You Might Not Get Your Tax Refund If the Government Stays Shut Down
But don't worry! You can still pay the government.
Capitalists vs. Capitalism
Sometimes business owners are the worst enemies of the free market.
Thoughts on Today's Federal Court Decision Against Obamacare
The judge was right to conclude that the individual health insurance mandate is now unconstitutional, but wrong to rule that the rest of the ACA is now unlawful because it can't be severed from the largely toothless mandate left in place under the 2017 GOP tax bill.
California Regulators Want to Tax Texts You Sent 5 Years Ago
Although they might not have the legal power to tax texts at all.
Should We Be Upset If the IRS Has Been 'Gutted'?
A new report from ProPublica whitewashes the IRS, while ignoring the positive benefits of tax evasion.
New York Considers Legalizing, Taxing Weed to Save Its Ailing Subway System
Legalized pot is great. Taxing it to pay for public transit is not.
France's High Taxes Breed a Populist Revolt, Again
Politicians seem unable to learn from a history of grabby tax policies fueling populist anger.
Study: Trump's Tariffs Are a $42 Billion Regressive Tax Increase
They are also sapping economic growth, reducing wages, and lowering employment. Winning!
