EconomyCommentary
Want an Economic Boost? Let’s Kill the Death Tax
Death and taxes are two of life’s certainties, but the tax on death itself should certainly be eliminated. A recent analysis by The Heritage Foundation’s… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Liberals Don’t Understand Dynamic Scoring or Tax Reform
Two liberals, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman and Slate columnist Jamelle Bouie, launched misguided broadsides against dynamic scoring this week. Dynamic scoring pertains to… Read More
EconomyNews
Job Losses Adding Up in America’s Most Liberal State
Jeb Spaulding’s unexpected departure as secretary of the Vermont Agency of Administration spells the loss of one of Gov. Peter Shumlin’s trusted advisers at a… Read More
EconomyCommentary
New Treasury Measures Will Do Little to Stop Businesses From Fleeing U.S.
American companies are merging with foreign firms and relocating their headquarters to those foreign countries because our tax structure is uncompetitive. So what does the… Read More
EconomyNews
Senate, Obama Renew Push for Broad Internet Sales Tax
Before the August recess, the House easily passed a bill to renew, without limit, a longstanding ban on taxing access to the Internet. Now some… Read More
EconomyNews
City Surprises Taxpayers With Monthly Fee to Fix Potholes
DULUTH, Minn.—All one needs to do to get a clue about the scope of this city’s street repair problem is log on to the local… Read More
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Data on Migration From Red States to Blue States, or Vice Versa, Slow Thanks to IRS
SPRINGFIELD — The Internal Revenue Service is slowing the pace with which it releases data on the migration of people — and thus their income… Read More
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California to Triple Tax Credits to Hollywood
In an effort to revive a struggling entertainment industry, California Gov. Jerry Brown and state legislative leaders announced a five-year expansion to the state’s film… Read More
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‘Taxes Really Do Matter’: Whopper of a Lesson From Burger King’s Move
Following Burger King’s example, more companies will aim to move their headquarters to other countries if the United States doesn’t lower — or eliminate —… Read More
EconomyCommentary
These Two Charts Totally Explain Burger King’s Move to Canada
Burger King’s taxes are going to decrease significantly in Canada. (Since this chart was made, the U.K. rate has become 21 percent and Canada’s rate… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Why It Makes Sense for Burger King to Become a Canadian Company
How many iconic American companies have to leave or threaten to leave these shores for foreign lands before Washington acts to fix our anti-growth tax… Read More
Economy News
This Is How Far $100 Gets You in Your State
How far does $100 get you? According to the Tax Foundation, which monitors tax policy at the federal, state, and local levels, that depends on… Read More
EconomyCommentary
You Work This Many Hours a Week to Pay Your Federal Taxes
We talk about taxes as a “burden” because they reduce the take-home pay of American workers, the profits of American businesses, and the purchasing power… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Why Won’t Obama Implement This Patriotic Policy?
Thirty-three years ago this month, President Reagan picked up his executive signing pen and affixed his name to one of the most sweeping pieces of… Read More
EconomyNews
Why One State Is Talking Tax Cuts: ‘It Is Time to Give the Taxpayers a Pay Raise’
If Tate Reeves has his way, one of the Mississippi’s most onerous taxes may be on the chopping block. The Republican lieutenant governor wants the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Yes, Low-Tax States Are Out-Competing High Tax States
First, an apology. In a July 2 article in this newspaper [Investors Business Daily] I erred in citing Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers comparing the… Read More
LawNews
Christian Group Demands to See Secret IRS Deal With Atheists
The Faith and Freedom Coalition today demanded release of a secret legal agreement between the IRS and an atheist group about censoring the content of sermons… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Seeking Lower Taxes, Companies Flee the U.S.
The last several months have seen a wave of American companies merging with foreign companies, a process known as “inverting.” In effect, inversion is the… Read More
Economy News
Tax Reform Likely to Have Human ‘Dynamic’ Because of Him
It’s the first such proposal in almost 30 years, and incumbent members of the House of Representatives have no desire to see the complicated measure… Read More
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Lawmaker Moves to Tax Sugary Drinks
A Connecticut lawmaker hopes to open another front in the war on childhood obesity and diabetes. On Wednesday, Rep. Rosa DeLauro, a Democrat, introduced a… Read More
LawNews
Lawmakers Ponder Ways to ‘Get Politics Out of the IRS’
Could the IRS be governed by multiple commissioners? Some lawmakers hope so. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee yesterday heard pitches for proposed reforms… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Businesses Don’t Leave the U.S. Because of Lack of Patriotism
President Obama will deliver a speech today railing against corporate inversions. That is the process whereby a U.S. business merges with a foreign business and… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Memo to Congress: True Patriotism Is Axing Taxes to Keep Companies in U.S.
The Obama administration announced new rules this week that will effectively punish American companies who move facilities and jobs overseas to save on taxes. Labor… Read More
EconomyNews
Conservative Groups Respond to Liberal Criticism of Kansas Tax Cuts
Conservative groups came together for a conference call Thursday, arguing against left-leaning media claims that Kansas’ steep income tax reductions have contributed to the downfall… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Congress Thinks the Trillion Dollar Tourism Industry Needs Government Money
Some in Congress seem to think the federal government can do a better job marketing and promoting tourism to America than the $1.5 trillion industry… Read More
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Gary Johnson: ‘Abolish the IRS’
SANTA FE, N.M. — For 2012 Libertarian Party presidential candidate and former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, the ongoing controversy at the Internal Revenue Service… Read More
LawNews
Judges Set Clock Ticking for IRS to Explain, Recover Missing Emails
The IRS has less than 30 days to detail under oath and in writing the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of former official Lois Lerner’s emails… Read More
LawNews
Issa on IRS Scandal: Obama Team Wants to ‘Outlast Us’
Rep. Darrell Issa, the House’s top investigator of the IRS targeting scandal, isn’t holding his breath for those missing Lois Lerner emails. Obama administration officials have… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Memo to Krugman: Unchecked Liberalism Creates Economic Mayhem
Paul Krugman of the New York Times took a shot at economist Arthur Laffer and others who advise governors around the country to cut taxes… Read More
EconomyNews
Can Chris Christie Fix New Jersey’s Budget ‘Disaster’?
New Jersey’s budget mess is so bad a judge last week ruled it a “disaster.” It could be even worse in the new fiscal year… Read More
