Oregon Passes Hefty Insurance Tax to Prop Up Its Scandalous Medicaid System
The state is spending $37 million a month on recipients potentially not eligible for the program.
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Kansas' Tax Cut Experiment Was A Predictable Failure
People like lower taxes, just not lower spending. Kansas is a lesson that you can't have the former without the latter.
Congress Could Make It Harder for Local Pols to Blow Your Money on Stadiums
Bipartisan proposal would prohibit the use of tax exempt municipal bonds for stadium projects. That won't end stadium giveaways, but might reduce them.
Seattle Passes Regressive Soda Tax
The city will now tax soda at a rate eight times higher than beer.
Don't Fund California Single-Payer Health Care With a Gross Receipts Tax
The sales tax' big brother tends to cripple growth, lower wages, and promote inequality, economists warn. Will that stop California from doing it?
The New York Times' Tax Coverage Goes Off the Rails
The Times news columns have been openly campaigning against Trump's tax cuts from the moment they were rolled out.
The Base Rhetoric of Mainstream Taxation Talk
From the discussion, you would never know the money in question actually belongs to particular individuals, who obtained it through voluntary exchange or gift.
How Madison Square Garden's $42 Million Tax Break Will Upend New York's NHL Geography
The Buffalo Sabres will play a "home" game in New York City against the New York Rangers next year, so the Rangers can keep their special tax exemption.
The Moral Case for Tax Cuts
The ownership of tax money before the government confiscates it is a moral consideration, or at least ought to be.
Are High Taxes to Blame for Minnesota's Championship Drought?
The Twin Cities have been waiting since 1991 for a winner. A University of Illinois-Chicago economist says lowering the income tax rate might help.
Forget Reagan: Trump's Tax Plan Is More Like George W. Bush
Instead of permanent tax reform we get temporary taxcut-and-spend, again.
Trump's Tax Plan: Lower Tax Rates, Fewer Tax Breaks
Some good news, but will there be any spending cuts?
Virginia Gubernatorial Candidate Wants to Cut Taxes, But Not Enough
If revenues are still going up, you haven't cut the taxes enough.
It Costs a Lot When Government Sets Prices
Be it cigarettes, imported products, or even labor.
Undocumented Workers Do Indeed Pay State Taxes
An Oregon think-tank's study finds undocumented workers contributes $81 million to state and local government coffers.
Happy Taxation-Is-Theft Day!
Listen to Matt Welch interview Grover Norquist, David Cay Johnston and more on Sirius XM Insight from 9-12 am ET
Taxes, Testosterone, and the Virtues of Overbooking [Reason Podcast]
Reason editors Brian Doherty, Nick Gillespie, and Katherine Mangu-Ward discuss the week's news.
Border Adjustable Tax Another Way to Grow Government
It feels like mercantilism, hammering imports while promoting exports.
It's Past Time to Dump the OECD
Let taxpayers in high-tax nations subsidize the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
California Road-Tax Hike Is Really A Pension Tax
Who will pay for the roads? Taxpayers, every year.
California Wants To Make Itself Even Less Competitive
Looking to set up a death tax if Trump repeals the federal one.
The Coming Federal Fiscal Binge
Ready for another round of tax cuts combined with spending increases?
Is California 'Death Tax' Bill Real or Just More Anti-Trump Spite?
A state senator proposes replacing the federal estate tax with a state tax, if Trump gets his way on repeal.
Don't Let Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders Kill Tax Day
It's the one time of the year taxpayers are confronted with just how much of their earnings are captured by the government.
Food Taxes Should Die, but Won't
Against all common sense and fairness, some states continue to tax grocery purchases.
Gender 'Injustice' Behind Call to Reduce Taxes on Tampons
"There is no happy hour for menstruation," says a legislator looking to pay for tax cuts on feminine products with a tax hike on hard liquor.
Leaked Returns: In 2005, Trump Claimed $150 Million in Earnings, Paid $36 Million in Taxes
Tax returns leaked; Rachel Maddow's exclusive gets scooped by White House pre-response.
With Sales Depressed by Soda Tax, Philly Grocers Look to Cut Jobs as Mayor Blames 'Greedy' Soda Industry
One of the city's largest beverage distributors is planning to cut 20 percent of its workforce; grocery stores across the city are also planning to shed jobs.
Energy Efficiency Mandates Are Worse for Poor Americans Than Energy Taxes
Energy taxes are obvious to voters, while the effects of energy efficiency standards are sneakier
Which Is Worse for Poor Americans: Energy Efficiency Mandates or Energy Taxes?: New at Reason
Politicians prefer efficiency mandates because they are less obvious to voters than taxes.
Trump Definitively Forsakes His Promise to Release His Tax Returns
"People didn't care," says an adviser. "They voted for him."
Protesting This New-Fangled Sales Tax
Friday A/V Club: The Mississippi Sheiks didn't want to pay extra.
Outrage in Philadelphia as New Soda Tax Doubles Drink Prices
That won't stop other cities and states from trying to duplicate the dubious policy.
Bitcoin Exchange User Tries to Stop IRS From Forcing Coinbase to Give Up Customer Information
IRS is acting in bad faith and overreaching, argues motion to quash its subpoena seeking a wide range of information about the bitcoin exchange's customers.
Bouncy Houses and American Idol: How Local Governments in Pennsylvania Blew Drilling Tax Revenue
The money is supposed to offset environmental consequences of natural gas drilling, but some localities used it as a slush fund for pet projects and parties.
California's Gift to Its Neighbors: Expanded Cigarette Smuggling Opportunities
They even opened the door to tax-avoiding e-cigarettes!
Court Allows IRS to Order Bitcoin Exchange Coinbase to Give Up Their Customers' Identities
Attempts to make sure the feds can successfully tax pseudonymous bitcoin transactions getting serious.
Chicago's New Bag Tax Will Generate $13 Million, Won't Save Environment
So, it's working as planned.
Canadian Panel Reportedly Recommends Low Marijuana Taxes and Purchase Ages
A task force emphasizes the importance of displacing the black market.
House Republicans Want to Make the Wrong Change to the Corporate Tax
A holiday recipe for government growth.
Lower Taxes Will Help Bring Legal Weed out of the Black Market
Local elected officials will have important decisions to make about taxes if California voters legalize weed in November.
Pennsylvania's New Tax on Vape Shops is Forcing Them Out of Business
Both parties are to blame for a bill that's also making it more expensive for smokers to switch to safer alternatives.
Donald Trump's Billion-Dollar Tax Loss Is a Diversion From More-Serious Matters
Like the fixation on Gary Johnson's "Aleppo moments," this stuff stymies serious conversation about first-order concerns like government spending.
Backpackers in Australia to Carry Weight of New Tax
Government moves forward with 19 percent tax on working travelers.
