Whether I’m criticizing Warren Buffett’s innumeracy or explaining how to identify illegitimate loopholes, I frequently write about the perverse impact of double taxation. By this, I mean the tendency of politicians to impose multiple layers of taxation on income that is saved and invested. Examples of this self-destructive practice include the death tax, the capital [...]
Archive for September 26th, 2011
Explaining the Perverse Impact of Double Taxation with a Chart
Posted in Economics, Tax Reform, Taxation, tagged Capital Gains Tax, Death Tax, Dividend Taxation, Double Taxation, Economics, Taxation on September 26, 2011 | 63 Comments »
Hell No, American Taxpayers Should Not Bail out the IMF
Posted in Bailout, Debt, Deficit, Economics, Europe, Financial Crisis, Government intervention, International bureaucracy, International Monetary Fund, Moral Hazard, tagged Bailouts, Debt, Deficit, Economics, Europe, Financial Crisis, Government intervention, IMF, International bureaucracy, International Monetary Fund, Moral Hazard on September 26, 2011 | 11 Comments »
This is getting surreal. We now have layers of bailouts around the world. Different nations are doing their own bailouts. On top of that, the Europeans have set up something called the European Financial Stability Facility, which does bailouts across the continent. And then there’s the International Monetary Fund, doing bailouts on a global basis. [...]