Extending the Electric Vehicle Tax Credit Undermines Tax Reform
Simplification of the tax code was one of the objectives of tax reform. Yet many special provisions and exemptions remain. Among them is the tax credit that comes with...
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Think Your State Is Fiscally Sound? Think Again
It's that time of the year again when we find out how deep in the red our country is thanks to the 2018 edition of the Mercatus Center State...
Thinking Broadly About Parental Leave Policy
In recent months, a vocal group of conservatives has joined with Democrats in arguing that it's time for the government to correct a blatant market failure: the private sector's...
Bad Bills Come From Those Who Wait
If there's something the government does well, it's spend money. It does it with great fervor, no matter who's in charge of Congress or the White House. ...
State Migration Increasingly Driven by Taxes
Americans move from one state to another for a variety of reasons. They move to retire, to find jobs, to lower their housing costs or to enjoy nicer weather....
Universal Savings Accounts a Silver Lining in Tax Reform
The idea is to encourage savings by granting taxpayers a tax incentive to save, with total flexibility over the timing and use of the money saved. ...
Will the Export-Import Bank Rise Again?
The top foreign beneficiaries of Ex-Im were a Who's Who list of giant and often state-owned companies. ...
Pull the U.S. out of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
The EBRD was set up in 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet empire, ostensibly for the purpose of promoting capitalism in the post-communist world, and the United States...
Eliminate, Don’t Expand, Electric Vehicle Credit
EV manufacturers aren't the only ones pushing for expanding the tax credits. Utility companies hoping to boost demand for electricity also want to keep the handouts flowing. ...
Air Travel Protectionists’ Wings Clipped by Open Skies Agreements
Though competition is great for consumers — as they get more and better goods and services for less money — some companies dislike the constant pressure it creates for...
Are Health Officials Strangling the Lesser of Two Evils for the Benefit of the Greater?
Tobacco kills 480,000 people a year in the United States. Yet when an innovative alternative that delivers nicotine and eliminates 95 percent of the harm of smoking is available,...
The Seattle Head Tax Is Idiotic
The tyranny of local government was on full display this week. The culprits are some greedy members of the Seattle City Council. Backed by their union friends, they just...
Taming the Tyranny of the Agency
The tyranny of the administrative state is real and hard to tame. Americans would be horrified if they knew how much power thousands of unelected bureaucrats employed by federal...
Is Ethanol Cronyism on the Ropes?
While then-candidate Donald Trump did participate in the usual campaign ritual of bending knee to Iowa farmers with a promise to protect the Renewable Fuel Standard, there was reason...
Kelo’s Demolished ‘Little Pink House’ Stands as a Monument to Injustice
The United States is supposed to be the "land of the free," a country where individualism and private property are sacrosanct. Yet it's difficult to maintain this belief while...