Taxes

Biden at Odds with His Own Cabinet on Gas-Tax Holiday

By Jim Geraghty June 24, 2022

Joe Biden contradicts his own Energy Secretary on whether suspending the federal gas tax will hurt the government’s ability to pay for infrastructure projects.

California Decides This Is a Great Time to Raise the State Gasoline Tax

By Jim Geraghty June 20, 2022

On July 1, California will increase the state tax on gasoline, from 51 cents per gallon to 53.9 cents.

Windfall Tax Blowback Shock

By Andrew Stuttaford June 16, 2022

The Tories these days are a party of the center-left, so their introduction of this tax was entirely predictable.

Today in Capital Matters: Corporate Taxes

By Dominic Pino June 14, 2022

Daniel Pilla writes about the Biden administration, corporate tax, and inflation.

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High Corporate Taxes Cannot Tame Inflation

By Daniel J. Pilla June 14, 2022

Taxing corporations in any amount cannot and will not have any bearing on inflation.

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—June 10

By Ed Whelan June 10, 2022

In ‘Flast v. Cohen,’ Warren’s majority opinion for eight justices concocts an unprincipled, ad hoc exception for taxpayer suits challenging federal spending on Establishment Clause grounds. 