By Daniel J. Mitchell
Over the years, I’ve strenuously objected to schemes that would enable international bureaucracies to levy taxes. That’s why I’ve criticized “direct funding” proposals, most of which seem to emanate from the United Nations. A scheme to let the United Nations tax services such as air travel. A proposal, pushed by George Soros and other statists, [...]
Should International Bureaucracies Get Taxing Powers or Direct Funding? is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Daniel J. Mitchell
It is very sad that America’s tax system is so onerous that some rich people feel they have no choice but to give up U.S. citizenship in order to protect their family finances. I’ve written about this issue before, particularly in the context of Obama’s class-warfare policies leading to an increase in the number of [...]
Facebook Billionaire Gives Up Citizenship to Escape Bad American Tax Policy is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Daniel J. Mitchell
A few days ago, I explained why I’m a big fan of tax competition. Simply stated, we need to subject governments to competitive pressure to at least partially offset the tendency of politicians to over-tax and over-spend. Tax havens play an important role in this liberalizing process, largely because they do not put themselves under [...]
Time for Me to Defend My Work on Tax Havens is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Daniel J. Mitchell
I fight to preserve tax competition, fiscal sovereignty, and financial privacy for the simple reason that politicians are less likely to impose destructive tax policy if they know that labor and capital can escape to jurisdictions with more responsible fiscal climates. My opponents in this battle are high-tax governments, statist international bureaucracies such as the [...]
Patriotism, Loyalty, Tax Competition, and ‘Tax Fugitives’ is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Daniel J. Mitchell
I fight to preserve tax competition, fiscal sovereignty, and financial privacy for the simple reason that politicians are less likely to impose destructive tax policy if they know that labor …
Patriotism, Loyalty, Tax Competition, and ‘Tax Fugitives’ is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Daniel J. Mitchell
I’ve written before about whether California is the Greece of America, in part because of crazy policies such as overpaid bureaucrats and expensive forms of political correctness, And we all know that California has one of the nation’s greediest governments, imposing confiscatory tax rates on a shrinking pool of productive citizens. So it is hardly [...]
Will the Last Job Creator to Leave California Please Turn Off the Lights? is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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