The federal government is capable of enormous waste, which obviously is bad news, but the worst forms of government spending are those that actually leverage bad things. The old welfare system, for instance, paid people not to work and have babies out of wedlock (this still happens, but it’s not as bad as it used to be). Paying exorbitant salaries to federal bureaucrats is bad, but it’s even worse if they take their jobs seriously and promulgate new regulations and otherwise harass people in the productive sector of the economy. In a previous video on the economics of government spending, I called this the “negative multiplier” effect.
One of the worst examples of a negative multiplier effect is the $100 million that taxpayers spend each year to subsidize the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. This video has the gory details.
[...] bureaucracy based in Paris. The OECD is not as costly as the United Nations, but it still soaks up about $100 million of American tax dollars each year. And what do we get in exchange for all this money? Sadly, the answer is lots of bad policy. The [...]
[...] bureaucracy based in Paris. The OECD is not as costly as the United Nations, but it still soaks up about $100 million of American tax dollars each year. And what do we get in exchange for all this money? Sadly, the answer is lots of bad policy. The [...]
[...] bureaucracy based in Paris. The OECD is not as costly as the United Nations, but it still soaks up about $ 100 million of American tax dollars each year. And what do we get in exchange for all this money? Sadly, the answer is lots of bad policy. The [...]
[...] I will speak later today about the ongoing battle between those who favor tax competition and those who want tax harmonization. Not surprisingly, my presentation will include some jabs at France, Germany, and other high-tax nations, as well as statist international bureaucracies such as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Developmen…. [...]
[...] I will speak later today about the ongoing battle between those who favor tax competition and those who want tax harmonization. Not surprisingly, my presentation will include some jabs at France, Germany, and other high-tax nations, as well as statist international bureaucracies such as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Developmen…. [...]
[...] I will speak later today about the ongoing battle between those who favor tax competition and those who want tax harmonization. Not surprisingly, my presentation will include some jabs at France, Germany, and other high-tax nations, as well as statist international bureaucracies such as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Developmen…. [...]
[...] effort by a Paris-based bureaucracy (the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, subsidized with American tax dollars!), which would undermine fiscal sovereignty by punishing jurisdictions that adopt pro-growth tax [...]
[...] (l’Organizzazione per lo Sviluppo e la Cooperazione Economica, meglio conosciuta come OSCE, finanziata con soldi dei contribuenti americani!), che minerebbe le basi della sovranità fiscale punendo quelle giurisdizioni che adottino sistemi [...]
[...] effort by a Paris-based bureaucracy (the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, subsidized with American tax dollars!), which would undermine fiscal sovereignty by punishing jurisdictions that adopt pro-growth tax [...]
[...] effort by a Paris-based bureaucracy (the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, subsidized with American tax dollars!), which would undermine fiscal sovereignty by punishing jurisdictions that adopt pro-growth tax [...]
[...] effort by a Paris-based bureaucracy (the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, subsidized with American tax dollars!), which would undermine fiscal sovereignty by punishing jurisdictions that adopt pro-growth tax [...]
[...] effort by a Paris-based bureaucracy (the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, subsidized with American tax dollars!), which would undermine fiscal sovereignty by punishing jurisdictions that adopt pro-growth tax [...]
[...] effort by a Paris-based bureaucracy (the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, subsidized with American tax dollars!), which would undermine fiscal sovereignty by punishing jurisdictions that adopt pro-growth tax [...]
[...] here’s a video on tax competition, which includes some well-deserved criticism of international bureaucracies and high-tax nations that are seeking to create global tax [...]
[...] earned. That’s why I hold international bureaucracies in low esteem. Most of my efforts have focused on the OECD, a Paris-based (gee, what a surprise) bureaucracy that squanders American tax dollars on statist [...]
[...] earned. That’s why I hold international bureaucracies in low esteem. Most of my efforts have focused on the OECD, a Paris-based (gee, what a surprise) bureaucracy that squanders American tax dollars on statist [...]
[...] previously explained why the OECD is a problematic institution – especially since American taxpayers are forced to squander about $100 million per year to [...]
[...] previously explained why the OECD is a problematic institution – especially since American taxpayers are forced to squander about $ 100 million per year to [...]
[...] previously explained why the OECD is a problematic institution – especially since American taxpayers are forced to squander about $100 million per year to [...]
[...] previously explained why the OECD is a problematic institution – especially since American taxpayers are forced to squander about $100 million per year to [...]
[...] I’m back in Bermuda, but not for sun and fun. Instead, I’m like the little Dutch boy with his finger in the dike as part of my ongoing effort to thwart high-tax nations in their attacks against tax competition and tax havens at the “Global Tax Forum” of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. [...]
[...] This video has more information on why the OECD is contrary to the interests of American taxpayers. [...]
[...] This video has more information on why the OECD is contrary to the interests of American taxpayers. [...]
[...] This video has more information on why the OECD is contrary to the interests of American taxpayers. [...]
[...] This video has more information on why the OECD is contrary to the interests of American taxpayers. [...]
[...] remember, all this is happening thanks to your tax dollars being sent to Paris to subsidize these anti-capitalism statists. GA_googleAddAttr("AdOpt", "1"); GA_googleAddAttr("Origin", "other"); [...]
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[...] This video has more information on why the OECD is contrary to the interests of American taxpayers. [...]
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[...] Actually, what I wrote is too timid. The OECD is a parasitical collection of bureaucrats who are pushing policies that would undermine American competitiveness and they are doing it with money from American taxpayers. [...]
[...] Actually, what I wrote is too timid. The OECD is a parasitical collection of bureaucrats who are pushing policies that would undermine American competitiveness and they are doing it with money from American taxpayers. [...]
[...] world is against FATCA, that’s not completely true. Some international bureaucrats in Paris, funded by American tax dollars, actually want the rest of the world to adopt the same Orwellian system. Here’s a blurb from [...]
[...] world is against FATCA, that’s not completely true. Some international bureaucrats in Paris, funded by American tax dollars, actually want the rest of the world to adopt the same Orwellian system. Here’s a blurb from [...]
[...] world is against FATCA, that’s not completely true. Some international bureaucrats in Paris, funded by American tax dollars, actually want the rest of the world to adopt the same Orwellian system. Here’s a blurb from [...]
[...] world is against FATCA, that’s not completely true. Some international bureaucrats in Paris, funded by American tax dollars, actually want the rest of the world to adopt the same Orwellian system. Here’s a blurb from [...]
[...] I say no. Indeed, the IMF may even be worse than the OECD, another international bureaucracy that promotes a statist agenda. Rate this: Share this:PrintEmailFacebookTwitterMoredeliciousDiggFarkLinkedInRedditStumbleUponLike [...]
[...] good on these issues. This is the Administration, after all, that avidly supports a scheme from an American-funded Paris-based bureaucracy that would result in something akin to an international tax organization. Same bad concept, but [...]
[...] forgive all these questions. I’m trying to figure out why any organization – even a leftist bureaucracy such as the OECD – would send out a press release entitled, “Rising tax revenues: a key to economic [...]
[...] forgive all these questions. I’m trying to figure out why any organization – even a leftist bureaucracy such as the OECD – would send out a press release entitled, “Rising tax revenues: a key to economic [...]
[...] forgive all these questions. I’m trying to figure out why any organization – even a leftist bureaucracy such as the OECD – would send out a press release entitled, “Rising tax revenues: a key to economic [...]
[...] forgive all these questions. I’m trying to figure out why any organization – even a leftist bureaucracy such as the OECD – would send out a press release entitled, “Rising tax revenues: a key to economic [...]
[...] forgive all these questions. I’m trying to figure out why any organization – even a leftist bureaucracy such as the OECD – would send out a press release entitled, “Rising tax revenues: a key to economic [...]
[...] forgive all these questions. I’m trying to figure out why any organization – even a leftist bureaucracy such as the OECD – would send out a press release entitled, “Rising tax revenues: a key to economic development [...]
[...] opponents in this battle are high-tax governments, statist international bureaucracies such as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Developmen…, and left-wing pressure groups, all of which want to impose some sort of global tax cartel – [...]
[...] opponents in this battle are high-tax governments, statist international bureaucracies such as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Developmen…, and left-wing pressure groups, all of which want to impose some sort of global tax cartel – [...]
[...] opponents in this battle are high-tax governments, statist international bureaucracies such as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Developme…, and left-wing pressure groups, all of which want to impose some sort of global tax cartel—sort [...]
[...] there’s another international bureaucracy, also funded by American tax dollars, that is even more pernicious. The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and [...]
[...] there’s another international bureaucracy, also funded by American tax dollars, that is even more pernicious. The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and [...]
[...] there’s another international bureaucracy, also funded by American tax dollars, that is even more pernicious. The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and [...]
[...] there’s another international bureaucracy, also funded by American tax dollars, that is even more pernicious. The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and [...]
[...] there’s another international bureaucracy, also funded by American tax dollars, that is even more pernicious. The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and [...]
[...] So far, they’re holding reasonably firm on the tax issue. They don’t have control over the CBO and JCT thanks to Harry Reid, so we’ll give them a pass on that topic. And we’ll see later this year whether they agree to squander another $100 million on the OECD. [...]
[...] everybody agrees with my analysis (gee, what a surprise). To cite one example, the petty bureaucrats at the OECD got so agitated at me in 2009 (when I was offering advice to representatives of so-called tax [...]
[...] forgive all these questions. I’m trying to figure out why any organization—even a leftist bureaucracy such as the OECD—would send out a press release entitled, “Rising tax revenues: a key to economic [...]
[...] makes this particularly frustrating is that American taxpayers provide the largest share of the subsidies that keep the IMF and OECD afloat. In other words, we’re paying for left-wing bureaucrats, [...]
[...] that’s why defunding these parasitic international bureaucracies is not just good fiscal policy and good economic policy, it’s also the morally just policy. [...]
[...] that’s why defunding these parasitic international bureaucracies is not just good fiscal policy and good economic policy, it’s also the morally just [...]
[...] kleptocratic nature of international bureaucracies (particularly my good buddies at the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development), I’m never surprised when a bad proposal is [...]
[...] kleptocratic nature of international bureaucracies (particularly my good buddies at the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development), I’m never surprised when a bad proposal is [...]
[...] kleptocratic nature of international bureaucracies (particularly my good buddies at the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development), I’m never surprised when a bad proposal is [...]
[...] Most of you know that I’m not a fan of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development because the Paris-based bureaucracy has such statist impulses. But even the OECD has written about [...]
[...] realize it’s a bold assertion, but the $100 million that American taxpayers send to Paris every year to subsidize the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is – on a per-dollar [...]
[...] realize it’s a bold assertion, but the $100 million that American taxpayers send to Paris every year to subsidize the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is – on a per-dollar [...]
[...] particularly the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The OECD, funded by American tax dollars, has become infamous for its support of statist pro-Obama [...]
[...] particularly the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The OECD, funded by American tax dollars, has become infamous for its support of statist pro-Obama [...]
[...] I’m not a complete coward. I almost got thrown in a Mexican jail for opposing the tax-hungry bureaucrats at the OECD. That has to count for something. Rate this:Share [...]
[...] week, I shared some numbers from the left-wing OECD which showed that living standards are much higher in the United States than they are in [...]
[...] is laughable. I’m guessing the author naively relied upon the slipshod analysis from the statists at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Those bureaucrats put together a moving-goalposts measure of income distribution and falsely [...]
[...] there’s another international bureaucracy, also funded by American tax dollars, that is even more pernicious. The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and [...]
[...] delighted to learn that the pampered bureaucrats at the IMF get tax-free salaries, just like their cousins at the OECD and the rest of the international [...]
[...] to keep in mind for lawmakers who are looking for an easy way to save $100 million without taking away any goodies from American [...]
[...] I’m not a big fan of international bureaucracies. They consume a lot of money, pay themselves extravagant (and tax-free!) salaries, and generally promote statist [...]
[...] I’m not a big fan of international bureaucracies. They consume a lot of money, pay themselves extravagant (and tax-free!) salaries, and generally promote statist [...]
[...] I guess that’s not too surprising. Along with their tax-free colleagues at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the European Commission has been trying to undermine tax competition and make it easier for [...]
[...] I guess that’s not too surprising. Along with their tax-free colleagues at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the European Commission has been trying to undermine tax competition and make it easier for [...]
[...] je suppose qu’il n’y a pas lieu d’être trop surpris. Avec ses collègues de l’OCDE, l’Union européenne a tenté de porter atteinte à la concurrence fiscale et de faciliter la [...]
[...] Most of you know that I’m not a fan of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development because the Paris-based bureaucracy has such statist impulses. But even the OECD has written about [...]
[...] Most of you know that I’m not a fan of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development because the Paris-based bureaucracy has such statist impulses. But even the OECD has written about [...]
[...] poverty is laughable. I’m guessing the author naively relied upon the slipshod analysis from the statists at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Those bureaucrats put together a moving-goalposts measure of income distribution and falsely [...]
[...] week, I shared some numbers from the left-wing OECD which showed that living standards are much higher in the United States than they are in Europe’s [...]
[...] poverty is laughable. I’m guessing the author naively relied upon the slipshod analysis from the statists at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Those bureaucrats put together a moving-goalposts measure of income distribution and falsely [...]
[...] P.S. You probably won’t be surprised to learn that the crazy bureaucrats at the Paris-based OECD think the VAT is good for growth and jobs. Sort of makes you wonder why we’re subsidizing those statists with American tax dollars. [...]
[...] bureaucrats at the OECD even threatened to have me tossed in a Mexican jail because I was advising representatives of [...]
[...] bureaucrats at the OECD even threatened to have me tossed in a Mexican jail because I was advising representatives of [...]
[...] international bureaucracies are misguided. They promote statism and squander [...]
[...] been very critical of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Most recently, I criticized the [...]
[...] been very critical of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Most recently, I criticized the [...]
[...] been very critical of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Most recently, I criticized the [...]
[...] If asked to name my least-favorite international bureaucracy, the easy answer would be the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. [...]
[...] Having helped to start the organization, I wish CF&P was powerful. The Center has never had a budget of more than $250,000 per year, so it truly is a David vs. Goliath battle when we go up against bloated and over-funded bureaucracies such as the IRS and the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. [...]
[...] Having helped to start the organization, I wish CF&P was powerful. The Center has never had a budget of more than $250,000 per year, so it truly is a David vs. Goliath battle when we go up against bloated and over-funded bureaucracies such as the IRS and the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. [...]
[...] probably exhausted your interest in videos, but if you’re game for one more, click here to learn more about the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a statist [...]
[...] Second, I hate the utter hypocrisy of the political elite exempting themselves from the bad policies that get imposed on everyone else. That’s why, for instance, it galls me that the pro-tax bureaucrats at the OECD get tax-free salaries. [...]
[...] Second, I hate the utter hypocrisy of the political elite exempting themselves from the bad policies that get imposed on everyone else. That’s why, for instance, it galls me that the pro-tax bureaucrats at the OECD get tax-free salaries. [...]
[...] those international bureaucrats (who, by the way, get tax-free salaries) are getting their wish. Tax rates are [...]
[...] I don’t know if you’ll want to laugh or cry, but the tax-free bureaucrats at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development actually argue that the VAT is good [...]
[...] I don’t know if you’ll want to laugh or cry, but the tax-free bureaucrats at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development actually argue that the VAT is good [...]
[…] for Economic Cooperation and Development. The international bureaucracy is infamous for using American tax dollars to promote a statist economic […]
[…] for Economic Cooperation and Development. The international bureaucracy is infamous for using American tax dollars to promote a statist economic agenda. Most recently, it launched a new scheme to raise the tax […]
[…] sometimes it helps to realize that things could be worse. And based on some international data from my “friends” at the OECD, let’s be thankful the United States isn’t […]
[…] I must say none of these examples of hypocrisy can compete with the bureaucrats from the OECD and IMF, both of whom get completely tax-free salaries while pushing for higher taxes on the rest […]
[…] $100 million in the garbage by subsidizing a leftist bureaucracy in Paris that advocates for higher taxes in the United […]
You are right of course we should not subsidize left wing bureaucrats any more than right wing bureaucrats who also use their positions to benefit themselves including but not limited to no bid government contracts, contracts for defective goods, contracts for items that are unnecessary for the operation of the government or the protection of its citizens, grants or loans to businesses who are neither obligated to repay the loan and whose assets end up in the hands of foreign entities just to name a few things
[…] $100 million in the garbage by subsidizing a leftist bureaucracy in Paris that advocates for higher taxes in the United […]
[…] Maybe the OECD wouldn’t be so quick to endorse higher taxes if the bureaucrats – who receive tax-free salaries – had to live under the rules they want to impose on […]
[…] It galls me that the pro-tax bureaucrats at the OECD get tax-free salaries while pushing for higher taxes on everyone […]
[…] It galls me that the pro-tax bureaucrats at the OECD get tax-free salaries while pushing for higher taxes on everyone […]
[…] how does the United State compare to other nations? Well, I’m not a big fan of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, but the bureaucrats in Paris are quite good at collecting statistics from member nations and […]
[…] how does the United State compare to other nations? Well, I’m not a big fan of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, but the bureaucrats in Paris are quite good at collecting statistics from member nations and […]
[…] comment les États-Unis se situent-ils par rapport aux autres nations ? Eh bien, je ne suis pas un grand fan de l'OCDE, mais les bureaucrates situés à Paris sont très bons pour la collecte de statistiques en […]
[…] to mean differences in income rather than lack of income. Sort of makes you wonder why we’re subsidizing their statist agenda with our tax […]
[…] P.S. You probably won’t be surprised to learn that the crazy bureaucrats at the Paris-based OECD think the VAT is good for growth and jobs. Sort of makes you wonder why we’re subsidizing those statists with American tax dollars. […]
[…] sure Japanese taxpayers are overjoyed to be subsidizing a bunch of bureaucrats in Paris (who get tax-free salaries!) who urge more taxes on other […]
[…] been an ongoing project for the OECD (another statist international organization filled with untaxed bureaucrats), and I guess the IMF wants to get in on the […]
[…] $100 million in the garbage by subsidizing a leftist bureaucracy in Paris that advocates for higher taxes in the United […]
[…] been an ongoing project for the OECD (another statist international organization filled with untaxed bureaucrats), and I guess the IMF wants to get in on the action. But the most remarkable part of the IMF […]
[…] $100 million in the garbage by subsidizing a leftist bureaucracy in Paris that advocates for higher taxes in the United […]
[…] it’s worth pointing out that bureaucrats at the OECD – including Gurria – are completely exempt from paying any income tax. So if there was an award for hypocrisy, he would win the […]
[…] Second, I hate the utter hypocrisy of the political elite exempting themselves from the bad policies that get imposed on everyone else. That’s why, for instance, it galls me that the pro-tax bureaucrats at the OECD get tax-free salaries. […]
[…] a scandal at all. It’s simply the latest iteration of the left-wing campaign (bolstered by tax-free bureaucrats at the Paris-based OECD) to de-legitimize normal and proper tax […]
[…] not a scandal at all. It’s simply the latest iteration of the left-wing campaign (bolstered by tax-free bureaucrats at the Paris-based OECD) to de-legitimize normal and proper tax […]
[…] is not a scandal at all. It’s simply the latest iteration of the left-wing campaign (bolstered by tax-free bureaucrats at the Paris-based OECD) to de-legitimize normal and proper tax […]
[…] $100 million in the garbage by subsidizing a leftist bureaucracy in Paris that advocates for higher taxes in the United […]
[…] This international bureaucracy is infamous for pushing policies to expand the power of government. That’s not too surprising since it’s dominated by European welfare states. But it is amazing that Republicans seem to think it’s perfectly fine to send about $100 million each year to subsidize the OECD’s agenda. […]
[…] $100 million in the garbage by subsidizing a leftist bureaucracy in Paris that advocates for higher taxes in the United […]
[…] $100 million in the garbage by subsidizing a leftist bureaucracy in Paris that advocates for higher taxes in the United […]