Thursday Video: Bad State Tax Ideas
August 21, 2008
This video is from the Tax Foundation’s breakfast event in New Orleans last month. Our own Staff Economist Josh Barro discusses options for state tax reform. After describing the Tax Foundation’s State Business Tax Climate Index, Barro outlines three things to avoid for good tax policy: (1) state R&D tax credits, (2) film tax credits, and (3) sales tax holidays. Runs 9 minutes, 19 seconds.
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- Thursday Video: Pittsburgh Drink Tax Song, August 7, 2008
- Thursday Video: Schoolhouse Rock Tax Man Max, July 24, 2008
- Thursday Video: The Global Flat Tax Revolution, July 17, 2008
- Thursday Video: Tax Foundation at FreedomFest 2008, July 10, 2008
- Thursday Video: Spending for the Axis or Saving for Taxes, June 26, 2008
- Thursday Video: Mondale’s Pledge to Raise Taxes, June 19, 2008
- Thursday Video: Newsreel on President Kennedy’s 1962 Tax Cuts, June 12, 2008