As calls grow to tax AI “compute,” this piece considers how it could actually be measured. It weighs taxes on tokens and processing power against their limitations and proposes a tax on electricity used by AI-focused data centers as an alternative.
With pump prices rising, a federal gas tax suspension has been proposed. This piece explains why economic research suggests tax cuts are not always passed through fully to consumers, and why relief may be smaller and more uneven than expected.
A response to the claim that no one can truly “earn” a billion dollars. Using examples ranging from entertainers to Amazon, this piece argues that many large fortunes reflect value created through voluntary exchange, while leaving questions of tax policy open.