McCoy Dorr

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It’s Time to Abolish the Capital Gains Tax

08/12/2021 McCoy Dorr

The capital gains tax cuts off start-ups and smaller entrepreneurs from access to flows of capital. The tax makes society more wasteful, less innovative, and less dynamic.

It’s Time to Abolish the Capital Gains Tax

08/10/2021 Mises Wire McCoy Dorr

President Biden’s ridiculously high spending proposals require equally ridiculous tax proposals. Among the craziest proposals is a massive increase in the capital gains tax rate. According to the Tax...

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