EconomyCommentary
The Danger of Taxing Unrealized Capital Gains
Some ideas are like horror movie villains. They’re dangerous, and no matter how many times they’re defeated, they never seem to die. The misguided idea… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Trump Is Right: Trash the Tip Tax
Rallying Las Vegas voters on June 9, former President Donald Trump said, “For those hotel workers and people that get tips, you’re going to be… Read More
EconomyCommentary
5 Ways to Help Avoid Going Over the Looming 2025 Tax Cliff
A large tax increase is scheduled to hit almost all taxpayers at the end of next year—that is, unless Congress comes up with, and agrees… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Recipe for Economic Train Wreck: Biden’s FY ’25 Budget’s 10 Massive Tax Increases
President Joe Biden released his proposed budget for fiscal year 2025 on Monday. There’s something in his budget for everyone—everyone who loves tax hikes, that… Read More
2014 Tax Day Chart: Who Pays the Most?
Which taxpayers experience the greatest tax burden—and who pays the most in taxes? As Americans navigated the labyrinthine tax code this Tax Day, many taxpayers… Read More
Economic Freedom: America’s Entrepreneurial Pulse at Risk
April 15, better known as Tax Day, is approaching again. The “Yes, We Can” Administration, which has squandered billions of hard-working Americans’ tax dollars every… Read More
The Top Five Reasons Congress Should Begin Reforming Social Security in 2014
It has been 30 years since Congress last touched Social Security. Reform is urgently needed to protect the nation’s elderly and disabled from poverty and… Read More
Updated JCT Methodology Will Improve Scoring of Tax Bills
The Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) finally updated the antiquated way it analyzes business taxes. The update is an important and long-overdue step that will… Read More
Obama on Infrastructure: Wrong Again on Government “Investments”
In yet another summer speech on the economy yesterday, President Obama trotted out familiar tax-and-spend ideas, this time pairing his latest call for a tax… Read More
Why We Pay the Income Tax
As millions of Americans scrambled this week to get their taxes filed on time, they probably didn’t spend much time wondering how we got here…. Read More
