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Hochul’s Comments in Perspective

Not to beat a dead horse, but the Governor of New York’s comments to Politico the other day are worth reviewing, if only for what they reveal about the mental state of certain political leaders. Viewing productive, successful businesses as “captives” to the tax code doesn’t strike us as the basis of a healthy relationship.

It’s also not the basis of a healthy economy. As evidenced by this nice map, New York is bleeding taxpayers and revenues and, judging from the Governor’s remarks, that’s not likely to change anytime soon.

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admin2026-03-24T15:07:42+00:00March 24, 2026|

Talking Taxes in a Truck Episode 48: What Are They Thinking Out There?

On our latest episode we’re joined by Jack Salmon, Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center and contributor to The Unseen and Unsaid. Jack helps us walk through how the aggressive tax policies being considered in California and Washington State will likely shrink the tax base in those states as high earners relocate, investment shifts elsewhere, and revenue projections miss the mark. We also touch on the federal tax outlook and some of the massive fraud being uncovered in federal healthcare programs.

admin2026-03-20T18:33:31+00:00March 20, 2026|

California Wealth Tax Misses the Target

A new paper out of the Tax Policy Network on the “one-time” California wealth tax initiative highlights just how untethered the proponents’ revenue estimates are from reality. The assumptions driving the initiative are so thin, they call into question whether this initiative is designed to raise revenue, or simply punish rich people.

Here’s the key graph:

Where do the estimates come from? The group of economists who helped construct the wealth tax proposal used a back-of-the-envelope calculation to estimate how much revenue it would raise: they started with the Forbes billionaire …

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admin2026-03-18T16:34:14+00:00March 18, 2026|

SALT Parity State of Play

SALT Parity State of Play

Adoption of the Working Families Tax Cuts Act last July was a huge win for Main Street – a win that included locking in $20 billion of annual savings through our SALT Parity efforts. With the SALT cap now permanent, those parity laws enacted in 36 states are more important than ever.

Just as important – making sure the benefits are broad and stay in place. That means making certain that states and other jurisdictions don’t game the policy, that the laws are working as they should, and that we complete the map. Here’s the …

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admin2026-03-11T20:23:17+00:00March 11, 2026|

Washington Post vs. Washington State

Over the weekend, the Washington Post offered a welcome dose of clarity in the debate over who really bears the burden of higher taxes. As the Board put it:

Taxing ‘the rich’ would affect most private-sector workers, who are employed by pass-throughs but are not rich themselves. Jacking up taxes on small employers isn’t going to help make the American economy fairer or more competitive.

This is a big issue that we touched on just last week. S&P 500 companies employ roughly 18 percent of the U.S. workforce, while privately-owned firms employ nearly 80 percent.

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admin2026-03-05T16:29:39+00:00March 5, 2026|