Commentaries

 
 
Open letter to Sen. Bernie Sanders on Corporate Tax Rates April 12, 2013
Response to Professor Tannenwald's Critique of the State Business Tax Climate Index March 11, 2013
Four options for reforming N.C.'s tax system January 27, 2013
U.S. News & World Report: States Shouldn't Collect Online Sales Tax December 10, 2012
Better uses for scarce dollars October 10, 2012
Tax Policy Briefing for the First 2012 Presidential Debate October 03, 2012
Back to the Future? Lessons from the Tax Reform Act of 1986 September 28, 2012
Why Progressives Should Want to End the Estate Tax, Too September 13, 2012
Time for a 'holiday' from sales tax gimmicks July 25, 2012
Washington Times quotes Scott Drenkard on Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley July 11, 2012
The Tax Flaw in Health Care Ruling July 04, 2012
Responses to Questions from Senator Orrin Hatch on the Effect of Federal Tax Policy on the States June 07, 2012
Responses to Questions from Senator Mike Enzi on the Effect of Federal Tax Policy on the States June 07, 2012
Responses to Questions from Senator Max Baucus on the Effect of Federal Tax Policy on the States June 07, 2012
Responses to Questions from Senator Olympia Snowe on the Effect of Federal Tax Policy on the States June 07, 2012
Local roads are overused because they're 'free' May 04, 2012
Tax Freedom Day Still Two Weeks Away April 02, 2012
Internet Taxation Trends and Options February 11, 2012
The GPA of the GOP: Do taxes matter? January 19, 2012
Washington Post letter on soda taxes January 13, 2012
About that renewed talk of taxing financial transactions December 07, 2011
An Economic Loser in the Long Run December 02, 2011
On Starving the Beast with No Tax Increases November 29, 2011
The Emerging Debt Ceiling Deal August 01, 2011
Details on the Different Debt Ceiling Plans July 28, 2011
Motion Picture Association Attacks Tax Foundation Critique of Film Tax Subsidies June 29, 2011
Mitch Daniels Sets the Example May 17, 2011
Low Corporate Tax Rates: A Win-Win For Everyone February 17, 2011
Obama Should Cut The Corporate Tax Rate November 22, 2010
The Republicans Will Have To Cut Some Lemons November 08, 2010
Big question left for 2010: What about the tax cuts? November 07, 2010
The Estate Tax Is Foolish, Wasteful, Ineffective September 19, 2010
Don't raise taxes on job creators September 17, 2010
Five Myths about the Bush Tax Cuts September 16, 2010
The Unkindest Cuts August 22, 2010
Ground new airline taxes August 15, 2010
New cell phone taxes state July 16, 2010
State Jock Taxes: Is LeBron Better Off in Miami? July 08, 2010
The Scope of State Taxing Authority July 02, 2010
Letter to Virginia Attorney General Cuccinelli Regarding His Office's Position in the FFW Property Tax Case July 01, 2010
Get ready for the tanning tax June 30, 2010
Remarks to the Pennsylvania Senate Economy, Business, and Jobs Caucus June 07, 2010
Replies to Questions from Rep. Steve Cohen on State Taxation and Congressional Power June 04, 2010
Michigan should stop red-carpet tax treatment of film industry May 04, 2010
Why more Americans pay no income tax April 15, 2010
Fact: N.J. is a highly taxed state April 09, 2010
Once Self-Reliant, Now A Nation Of Takers April 07, 2010
High cigarette taxes stoke bootlegging, violence April 06, 2010
Balancing State Budgets the Smart Way March 24, 2010
Smoke and Mirrors on the Tobacco Tax Hike March 10, 2010

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