marginal tax rate

1 min read 2021-11-23 00:18:32

Ranking State Income Taxes

Motivated in part by an excellent graphic that I shared in 2016, I put together a five-column ranking of state personal income tax systems in

1 min read 2021-11-18 23:44:46

Immediately after election day in early November, I applauded voters in the (very blue) state of Washington. They wisely expressed their opposition

1 min read 2021-11-03 21:30:02

Negotiations on details of the spending and tax reconciliation bill in Congress took a turn recently, as Senator Sinema (D-AZ) signaled she would not

1 min read 2021-10-29 23:20:05

The good news is that President Biden wants the United States to be at the top. The bad news is that he wants America to be at the top in bad

1 min read 2021-09-16 19:53:47

House Democrats this week released draft legislation proposing about $2 trillion in tax increases. The House Ways and Means Committee released the

2 min read 2021-03-19 01:11:46

President Joe Biden. Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images Biden is reportedly considering raising taxes to nearly 40% for

2 min read 2021-03-19 01:11:46

President Joe Biden. Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images Biden is reportedly considering raising taxes to nearly 40% for

2 min read 2021-03-19 01:11:46

President Joe Biden. Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images Biden is reportedly considering raising taxes to nearly 40% for

3 min read 2021-03-19 01:11:46

President Joe Biden. Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images Biden is reportedly considering raising taxes to nearly 40% for

1 min read 2020-10-05 02:29:09

Yesterday’s column featured some of Milton Friedman’s wisdom from 50 years ago on how a high level of societal capital (work ethic, spirit of

2 min read 2020-08-29 23:21:17

Two weeks ago, I shared some video from a presentation to the New Economic School of Georgia (the country, not the state) as part of my “Primer on

4 min read 2020-06-04 20:13:35

Back in 2016, I shared an image that showed how the welfare state punishes both the poor and rich. Rich people are hurt for the obvious reason. They

5 min read 2020-03-02 23:35:55

In late February 2020, an Imgur user shared a popular post on a popular topic (“tax brackets explained”), urging others to “help educate

3 min read 2019-10-30 18:51:04

In some cases, politicians actually understand the economics of tax policy. It’s quite common, for instance, to hear them urging higher taxes on

6 min read 2019-10-09 22:46:14

In addition to being a contest over expanding the burden of government spending, the Democratic primary also is a contest to see who wants the