by Dan Mitchell | May 19, 2026 | Blogs, Health Care, States
I unveiled my 13th Theorem of Government about 10 years ago to explain that the supposed popularity of government goodies is a mirage. Once people find out that they would have to surrender more of their income, they suddenly morph into libertarians....
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 18, 2026 | Blogs, Economics
Building on what I wrote in 2013, here’s a two-minute clip of me arguing that the United States should restore federalism and become more like Switzerland. The above clip comes from a Direct Line interview that covered a wide range of issues, including...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 5, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
Late last year, when there was (unwarranted) optimism that DOGE could deliver big savings for taxpayers, I recommended that Elon Musk and his team promote fiscal federalism. My argument was that it is wasteful and foolish to have Uncle Sam grab about $1.3...
by Dan Mitchell | May 21, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
Excessive government spending is America’s top fiscal problem. To be more specific, poorly designed entitlement programs are leading to an ever-growing spending burden that ultimately will either lead to massive tax increases or a debt crisis. To...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 22, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, Education
Today’s column is about shutting down the Department of Education. But I’m not going to explain why that should happen since I have already done that (once in 2015 and twice (here and here) in 2022). Instead I’m going to explain how it should...
