Why Governments Hate It When Other Countries Have Low Taxes

During a visit to the World Bank this week, I got a sobering lesson about the degree to which the people working at international bureaucracies, including the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, dislike tax competition. For years, these organizations-which are funded with our hard-earned tax dollars-have bullied low-tax nations into changing their tax privacy laws so uncompetitive nations can track taxpayers and companies around the world.

Government Favors Open Hearing in Bridge Co-Conspirator Case

Unsealed filings in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing case released Monday show federal prosecutors sided with media organizations in seeking a public hearing for an unidentified person trying to block the publication of a list of unindicted co-conspirators. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals already ruled last Friday the June 6 oral arguments in Philadelphia are to be open.