Many thanks to all those who have replied to my two earlier posts relating to our new War and Taxes book. Several people have commented on the issue of defense spending as a percentage of GDP. We thought it might be useful to provide some data on this point. It is of course the case […]
Author Archive | Kirk Stark
The Evolution of GOP Attitudes toward Wartime Taxes:
One of the most striking features of the history of U.S. tax policy is the shifting attitude of Republican elites toward wartime taxes. For more than a century — from the founding of the Republican Party through the war in Vietnam — Republican leaders consistently supported high wartime taxes. Indeed, support for higher wartime taxes […]
War and Taxes
Many thanks to Eugene for allowing us to guest blog here on the Volokh Conspiracy. As mentioned in Eugene’s post last week, we have a new book out (co-authored with Joe Thorndike) titled “War and Taxes,” published by the Urban Institute Press in Washington, DC. We wanted to use this first post to provide a […]