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		<title>The IMF Is the Doctor Kevorkian of Global Economic Policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 20:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don’t like giving international bureaucrats tax-free salaries. And it really galls me when they use their privileged positions to promote statism. So you can understand why I’m not a... <a class="meta-more" href="http://freedomandprosperity.org/2013/blog/big-government/the-imf-is-the-doctor-kevorkian-of-global-economic-policy/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I don’t like giving international bureaucrats tax-free salaries. And it really galls me when they use their privileged positions to promote statism.



So you can understand why I’m not a big fan of the International Monetary Fund.

Whether]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Rand Paul Debunks the Shameful Demagoguery against Apple</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 16:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senator Rand Paul is perhaps even better than I thought he would be. He already is playing a very substantive role on policy, ranging from his actions of big-picture issues,... <a class="meta-more" href="http://freedomandprosperity.org/2013/blog/rand-paul-debunks-the-shameful-demagoguery-against-apple/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Senator Rand Paul is perhaps even better than I thought he would be.



He already is playing a very substantive role on policy, ranging from his actions of big-picture issues, such as his proposed budget that would significantly shrink the burde]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Four Reasons to Applaud Apple’s Tax Planning</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freedomandprosperity.org/?p=11456</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Senate is holding a Kangaroo Court designed to smear Apple for not voluntarily coughing up more tax revenue than the company actually owes. Here are four things you need... <a class="meta-more" href="http://freedomandprosperity.org/2013/blog/four-reasons-to-applaud-apple%e2%80%99s-tax-planning/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Senate is holding a Kangaroo Court designed to smear Apple for  not voluntarily coughing up more tax revenue than the company actually  owes.

Here are four things you need to know.

Apple is fully complying with the tax law.  There is no sug]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Lucky French Taxpayers Get an Obama-Style Flat Tax</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:57:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freedomandprosperity.org/?p=11452</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I joked back in 2010 that Barack Obama had a very simple flat tax proposal. But as you can see, sometimes simple isn’t the same as good. Well, satire too... <a class="meta-more" href="http://freedomandprosperity.org/2013/blog/big-government/lucky-french-taxpayers-get-an-obama-style-flat-tax/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I joked back in 2010 that Barack Obama had a very simple flat tax proposal.

But as you can see, sometimes simple isn’t the same as good.

Well, satire too often becomes reality in a world of greedy and corrupt politicians who think class-warfa]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Quit Dodging the Issue and Tell Us the Revenue-Maximizing Point on the Laffer Curve</title>
		<link>http://freedomandprosperity.org/2013/blog/quit-dodging-the-issue-and-tell-us-the-revenue-maximizing-point-on-the-laffer-curve/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 21:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I feel like I’m on the witness stand and I’m being badgered by a hostile lawyers. Readers keep asking me to identify the revenue-maximizing point on the Laffer Curve. But... <a class="meta-more" href="http://freedomandprosperity.org/2013/blog/quit-dodging-the-issue-and-tell-us-the-revenue-maximizing-point-on-the-laffer-curve/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I feel like I’m on the witness stand and I’m being badgered by a  hostile lawyers. Readers keep asking me to identify the  revenue-maximizing point on the Laffer Curve.
  
But I don’t like that question. In the past, I’ve explained that the]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>UFOs, Faked Moon Landings, and Fiscal Policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 16:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was very pleased to report the other day that the people of France overwhelmingly favor spending cuts, even when they were asked a biased question that presupposed that Keynesian-style... <a class="meta-more" href="http://freedomandprosperity.org/2013/blog/big-government/ufos-faked-moon-landings-and-fiscal-policy/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I was very pleased to report the other day that the people of France overwhelmingly favor spending cuts, even when  they were asked a biased question that presupposed that Keynesian-style spending increases would “stimulate” the economy.

Now I]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>OECD Study Admits Income Taxes Penalize Growth, Acknowledges that Tax Competition Restrains Excessive Government</title>
		<link>http://freedomandprosperity.org/2013/blog/oecd-study-admits-income-taxes-penalize-growth-acknowledges-that-tax-competition-restrains-excessive-government/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 16:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have to start this post with a big caveat. I’m not a fan of the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The international bureaucracy is infamous for using... <a class="meta-more" href="http://freedomandprosperity.org/2013/blog/oecd-study-admits-income-taxes-penalize-growth-acknowledges-that-tax-competition-restrains-excessive-government/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I have to start this post with a big caveat.



I’m not a fan of the Paris-based Organization for Economic  Cooperation and Development. The international bureaucracy is infamous  for using American tax dollars to promote a statist economic age]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Grim News from Greece about Grasping Government</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 20:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m in Europe as part of a six-nation speaking tour, participating in the Free Market Road Show. My first speech was yesterday in Greece, which is infamous for a government... <a class="meta-more" href="http://freedomandprosperity.org/2013/blog/big-government/grim-news-from-greece-about-grasping-government/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I’m in Europe as part of a six-nation speaking tour, participating in the Free Market Road Show.

My first speech was yesterday in Greece, which is infamous for a government that is insanely wasteful, even to the point of subsidizing pedophiles a]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Hell Has Officialy Frozen Over: French Support Spending Cuts by Overwhelming 4-1 Margin</title>
		<link>http://freedomandprosperity.org/2013/blog/big-government/hell-has-officialy-frozen-over-french-support-spending-cuts-by-overwhelming-4-1-margin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 16:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like the think I’m a reasonably savvy observer of public opinion and international economics, but every so often I’m stunned by some bit of data. Several years ago, for... <a class="meta-more" href="http://freedomandprosperity.org/2013/blog/big-government/hell-has-officialy-frozen-over-french-support-spending-cuts-by-overwhelming-4-1-margin/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I like the think I’m a reasonably savvy observer of public opinion  and international economics, but every so often I’m stunned by some bit  of data.

Several years ago, for instance, I was very surprised to see that more than half of the Frenc]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Another Example of Editorial-Page Fiction at the New York Times</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 16:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are there any fact checkers at the New York Times? Since they’ve allowed some glaring mistakes by Paul Krugman (see here and here), I guess the answer is no. But... <a class="meta-more" href="http://freedomandprosperity.org/2013/blog/big-government/another-example-of-editorial-page-fiction-at-the-new-york-times/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Are there any fact checkers at the New York Times?

Since they’ve allowed some glaring mistakes by Paul Krugman (see here and here), I guess the answer is no.

But some mistakes are worse than others.

Consider a recent column by David Stuckl]]></content:encoded>
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