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The non-partisan tax foundation found that high income taxes hurt growth. It’s critical that Colorado voters reject Amendment 87 which would make Colorado the 9th highest taxed state. It’s not to late to vote No on amendment 87
States with no individual income tax (Florida, Texas, Tennessee, Nevada, and others) consistently rank among the strongest gainers, while states with the highest top rates (California at 13.3 percent, New York at 10.9 percent, and New Jersey at 10.75 percent) dominate the list of e the data: hubs.ly/Q04C95Xm0
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"What is unique in the case of the Trump administration is the executive branch’s use of existing discretion...to extract firm-specific payments and profit rights, often without clear congressional authorization." cato.org/restoring-free… #CatoRFE @adamnmichel @CatoInstitute
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If you want a good example of why ITEP's concept of effective tax rate is meaningless, go to the report and organize the table of companies by "tax rate paid."
There are two companies with ETRs >100% and dozens with ETRs >21%.
There are two companies with ETRs >100% and dozens with ETRs >21%.
ITEP is at it again, comparing two different accounting systems, built for different purposes, reporting to different audiences, using different rules.
From an earlier version: Did 88 Corporations Really Pay No Income Tax on Billions of Profits? Nope.
adamnmichel.substack.com/p/did-88-corpo…
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ITEP is at it again, comparing two different accounting systems, built for different purposes, reporting to different audiences, using different rules.
From an earlier version: Did 88 Corporations Really Pay No Income Tax on Billions of Profits? Nope.
adamnmichel.substack.com/p/did-88-corpo…
From an earlier version: Did 88 Corporations Really Pay No Income Tax on Billions of Profits? Nope.
adamnmichel.substack.com/p/did-88-corpo…
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"Taxing income once is not a loophole" might be my new tax reform mantra.
With an honorable mention of: it's a problem when you use gross receipts for tax policy
With an honorable mention of: it's a problem when you use gross receipts for tax policy
🧵A narrative has developed that taxing business income on a pass-through basis is some sort of tax loophole, leading to proposals to force pass-throughs to convert to C corporations.
But as I explain in my latest newsletter, the proposals are based on a false narrative:
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Most countries that tried a wealth tax repealed it — for the same three reasons. It cost a fortune to administer, raised almost no money, and the wealthy simply left.
Cato's @adamnmichel explains why wealth taxes always fail.
Cato's @adamnmichel explains why wealth taxes always fail.
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‘Anti-fascist economics’ argues that the recent inflation bred support for authoritarianism. Unfortunately, it flubs what caused most of the inflation. wapo.st/4sdEOrT
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The lesson from Switzerland is that the U.S. needs to spend less, @adamnmichel of the @CatoInstitute writes in a letter to the editor. wapo.st/4s85vhP
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In my letter to the editor, I argue that Switzerland is a model despite its wealth tax, not because of it.
We should emulate its debt break and lower levels of spending instead.
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/…
We should emulate its debt break and lower levels of spending instead.
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/…
"Republicans, not just Democrats, should be willing to push for a Swiss-style wealth tax."
The latest from Warren Gorlick, a retired policy adviser at the Treasury Department and attorney at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission: wapo.st/3Wm2Tks
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"I am just aghast that a company would use a tax credit we created to lower its taxes."
Meta is reportedly calling its massive data centers "experimental" to claim a research tax credit.
Try telling the IRS your kitchen renovation was a science project. Or your new car was a lab experiment.
That's a rigged tax code.
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California’s wealth tax “is out of step with its stated goal of combating [Medicaid] reductions under OBBBA” @joshrauh et al.
“The likeliest result is not a windfall for health care spending, but a smaller tax base and a higher tax bill that falls on everyone” @adamnmichel
“The likeliest result is not a windfall for health care spending, but a smaller tax base and a higher tax bill that falls on everyone” @adamnmichel
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🚨NEW TODAY🚨
@CatoInstitute is launching Restoring Free Enterprise (@Cato_RFE): a multiyear, multimedia project to analyze the federal government's new & unprecedented ownership of private US firms - and to push for these deals to be unwound ASAP:
cato.org/restoring-free… /1
@CatoInstitute is launching Restoring Free Enterprise (@Cato_RFE): a multiyear, multimedia project to analyze the federal government's new & unprecedented ownership of private US firms - and to push for these deals to be unwound ASAP:
cato.org/restoring-free… /1
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@USCBO @nberpubs @borisvabson @WSJ @PIIE @DeHavenTad .@adamnmichel and Santiago Forster break down a bipartisan bill to eliminate the $35,000 cap on 529-to-Roth IRA rollovers.
It’s a step toward Universal Savings Accounts. “Given more flexibility and control over their own savings, Americans will save more.”
It’s a step toward Universal Savings Accounts. “Given more flexibility and control over their own savings, Americans will save more.”
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My most recent @CatoInstitute report on the advantages of flat taxes investigates one important margin of Hall's work with Alvin Rabushka.
cato.org/briefing-paper…
cato.org/briefing-paper…
I was going to write something on new econ Nobel laureate Robert Hall and tax policy, but @JaredWalczak did it better and faster. A good summary:
open.substack.com/pub/saltroad/p…
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I was going to write something on new econ Nobel laureate Robert Hall and tax policy, but @JaredWalczak did it better and faster. A good summary:
open.substack.com/pub/saltroad/p…
open.substack.com/pub/saltroad/p…
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And @TaxFoundation’s options guid that’s hiding in the background while you’re at it
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A new bipartisan bill from Senators @tedcruz and @SenLBR removes the cap on 529-to-Roth IRA rollovers. Cato's @adamnmichel and @SantiagoForster call it a good proof of concept for universal savings accounts.
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Super interesting explanation of how a new bill could expand 529s to increase flexible savings from my colleague @adamnmichel Check it out here: adamnmichel.substack.com/p/new-bipartis…
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Sad that it is even necessary to write a story saying that Congress is unwilling to bail out an insanely well-funded industry. The implication being that Congress's default today is for corporate bailouts.
Lawmakers see risk building up in the financial system tied to the AI buildout.
But members and senators aren’t about to open up the federal checkbook if things start to go bad.
The details from @BrendanPedersen and @Dareasmunhoz: punchbowl.news/article/tech/a…
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