High-tax states pillage their residents and still don’t do a good job of delivering basic services.

Dan Mitchell
Daniel J. Mitchell is the President of the Center for Freedom and Prosperity and the Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation. Dr. Mitchell advocates limited government and fundamental tax reform, and is the nation’s leading opponent of tax harmonization schemes developed by the Brussels-based European Union, the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and the United Nations.
In addition to fiscal policy, Dr. Mitchell is a trenchant observer of economic developments and an expert on Social Security reform – particularly the fiscal policy impact of reform and what the US can learn from other nations that have created personal retirement accounts.
Rich Leftists in New York City Should Put Up or Shut Up
Rich leftists can ease their feelings of guilt without burdening everyone else.
Red Tape, Part II: The Economic Burden of Regulation
The impact of deregulation is unambiguously good news.
Wealth Is Not a Fixed Pie
The zero-sum notion is laughably wrong.
Defining Socialism
There are very few examples of real socialism in the world today.
The Tax-Driven Decline of Massachusetts
The state that is suffering a big decline.
Privatize the TSA
This is not a risky and untested idea.
Javier Milei Week, Part VII: What Is the Left Saying?
Those 108 lefty economists have been very quiet.
Javier Milei Week, Part VI: Continuing Challenges
Despite the progress, Argentina is still not in great shape.
Javier Milei Week, Part V: Fixing Argentina’s Monetary Crisis
Why did Argentina have such high inflation.










