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Three Cheers for this Lawsuit against the Thugs at the IRS
Early in 2010, I wrote about a reprehensible IRS plan to create a cartel in the tax preparation industry, which would screw small firms and entrepreneurs to help line the pockets of big companies such...
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Some Cartoons to Help You Prepare for Tax Week
Tax day is just around the corner, and we even get a one-day reprieve since April 15 falls on a Sunday. And since everyone knows that I’m a big fan of the current tax system and the IRS (speaking of...
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Estonia and Austerity: Another Exploding Cigar for Paul Krugman
I have great fondness for Estonia, in part because it was the first post-communist nation to adopt the flat tax, but also because of the country’s remarkable scenery. Most recently, though, I’ve been...
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Since Leftists Don’t Like Corporate Loopholes, They Should Support the Flat Tax
I appeared on CNBC a couple of days ago to discuss a new report which claims that some big U.S. companies “only” paid 9 percent of their income to the government. While I’m a bit skeptical of the...
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Romney is Right that You Can Lower Tax Rates and Reduce Tax Preferences...
Even though I’m not a Romney fan, I sometimes feel compelled to defend him against leftist demagoguery. But instead of writing about tax havens, as I’ve done in the past, today we’re going to look at...
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Based on What’s Happening in the Czech Republic, Perhaps the Lesson to Learn...
I periodically mock Republicans for being the stupid party. Yes, some of them probably mean well, but they have this lemming-like instinct to throw themselves on hand grenades. But I noted back in...
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Tax Rates Impact Economic Performance, but other Policies also Matter
I’m a big fan of fundamental tax reform, in part because I believe in fairness and want to reduce corruption. But I also think the flat tax will boost the economy’s performance, largely because lower...
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Just in Case You Need another Reason to Support the Flat Tax
I’ve done thorough blog posts highlighting the economic benefits of the flat tax, but I find that most people are passionate about tax reform because they view the current system as being unfair and...
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It’s Wrong for Federal Tax Deductions to Encourage Bad Fiscal Policy by State...
I have a handful of simple rules for good tax policy. Keep government small, since it’s impossible to have a reasonable tax system with a bloated welfare state. Keep tax rates low to minimize penalties...
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Richard Epstein Discusses the Flat Tax
In addition to being my former debating partner, Richard Epstein is one of America’s premiere public intellectuals. You can watch him make mincemeat out of George Soros in this video, for instance, and...
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The Link Between High Tax Rates and Corruption
I’ve been very critical of Obama’s class-warfare ideology because it leads to bad fiscal policy. But perhaps it is time to give some attention to other arguments against high tax rates. Robert...
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We Need More Growth and Prosperity to Boost Charitable Contributions, not...
I’m a strong believer in fundamental tax reform. We need a system like the flat tax to improve economic performance. No tax system is good for growth, of course, but the negative impact of taxation can...
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Time to Get Rid of Tax Preferences for Housing in the Internal Revenue Code
Even though I knew some people would call me Scrooge, I wrote a few days ago about why we should get rid of the tax deduction for charitable contributions in exchange for lower tax rates. Simply...
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What Was the Most Tragic Policy Development of 2012?
I’m not sure I could pick out a significant victory for human freedom in 2012. Maybe I’m missing something, but the only good policy that’s even worth mentioning was the decision in Wisconsin to rein...
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The Great Hillsdale College Debate: Flat Tax or Fair Tax?
I’m at Hillsdale College in Michigan for a conference on taxation. The event is called “The Federal Income Tax: A Centenary Consideration,” though I would have called it something like “100 Years of...
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The Tax Code Shouldn’t Steer Capital to State and Local Governments at the...
I’m a proponent of a pro-growth and non-corrupt tax code. I mostly write and talk about the flat tax, though I’d be happy to instead accept a national sales tax if we could somehow get rid of the 16th...
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There’s Not Much Hope for Tax Reform
In recent months, I’ve displayed uncharacteristic levels of optimism on issues ranging from Obamacare to the Laffer Curve. But this doesn’t mean I’m now a blind Pollyanna. We almost always face an...
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Lucky French Taxpayers Get an Obama-Style Flat Tax
I joked back in 2010 that Barack Obama had a very simple flat tax proposal. But as you can see, sometimes simple isn’t the same as good. Well, satire too often becomes reality in a world of greedy and...
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Why the IRS Persecuted the Tea Party and How to Fix the Problem
Did President Obama and his team of Chicago cronies deliberately target the Tea Party in hopes of thwarting free speech and political participation? Was this part of a campaign to win the 2012 election...
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A Tax Reform Fantasy
I shared a presidential debate fantasy in 2012 and a Texas sovereignty fantasy in 2011, and I even shared a fantasy two years ago involving about 50 percent of the population. None of those fantasies...
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