Tax Politics
The Politics of Taxes
Puerto Rico Needs Tougher Solutions, Not Insolvency
There was an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal last month regarding Puerto Rico, called "Profligate Puerto Rico on the Brink". It was written right at the time the the current Governor Alejandro García Padilla declared that Puerto Rico couldn't pay its debts...
Ted Stevens and A Whistleblower
There was a short piece in the Wall Street Journal on July 7th in the “Notable and Quotable” section that should really be much more publicized. It documents how the FBI intentionally undermined the case against Senator Ted Stevens in 2008, thanks to a brave...
Obama Blames IRS Targeting Scandal on Congress and Poor Funding
Earlier this week, President Obama did an interview with Jon Stewart. Jon Stewart pointed to a number of government agencies that have had various scandals under his watch -- including the IRS, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Office of Personal Management...
Disparate Impact Cases Will Now Become More Commonplace
For months now, I have written about “disparate impact”. The idea of “disparate impact” holds that “a defendant can be held liable for discrimination for a race-neutral policy that statistically disadvantages a specific minority group even if that negative “impact”...
Puerto Rico Proves Liberal Policies Destroy the Economy
If a higher minimum wage, higher regulations, the Jones Act, and other protectionist rules are actively destroying Puerto Rico's economy, how can those same policies not also be harming the United States? Can Puerto Rico be considered the experiment proving this? On...
Pension Fund Crisis Ballooning in Major Cities
Bloomberg did a feature this week on the long-term outlook on pension funds for several major cities, and found that it is swiftly becoming a fiscal tsunami in several places. Part of this stems from severe under-funding of pension plans over many years, while the...