A Tariff Is a Tax
While many taxes have gone up since their inception, tariffs—which are a tax—have gone down.
The Injustice of the Student Debt Bailout
Congrats to everyone who didn't have college debt. Now you do.
Inflation Reduction Act Will Increase Taxes for Most People
President Biden said he wouldn’t raise taxes on people making under $400,000. His revised version to build back better does exactly that.
End the Tax on Phantom Gains
High-inflation times, like now, demonstrate why any capital gains taxes should be based on real gains, not phantom gains.
Taxes Cause Deadweight Loss
Economists know to look under the covers when it comes to taxes, and they often find what's known as "deadweight loss."
We've Only Just Begun . . . to Spend
If you think inflation is bad now, wait until state and local governments and the feds start spending all of that appropriated money in the infrastructure bill.
Cut in Corporate Tax Rates Overachieved
The 2017 tax cut legislation performed better than the CBO predicted, and even better than I predicted.
Supreme Court Correctly Rules on . . . SALT Deduction
One of the reasons the SALT cap withstood the court challenge is because it’s actual legislation. It would be a grotesque overreach for the judicial branch to overturn a legitimate exercise of self-government through the legislative process.
President's Council of Economic Advisers Pushes Higher Taxes on the Wealthy
Taxing wealth reduces the incentive to create wealth and transfers it from where it is used productively to the government where it likely won’t be used productively. That transfer causes lower growth, not higher growth.