The goal should be reducing that burden, regardless of whether it is financed with taxes, borrowing, or printing money.
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.
Another Victory for America’s Children
School choice is finally spreading around the nation!
Bad Math Leads to Bad Economics
You can’t have big government without pillaging ordinary people.
France and Fiscal Suicide
Even modest reform is an outrage to some French leftists.
(Even Better) State Tax Rankings
There’s a glimmer of hope that a few states will jettison their income taxes.
Swiss-Style Federalism Is Better than National Divorce
Switzerland is a role model of sensible governance.
Big-Spending Republicans Are Big-Taxing Republicans
It’s the inevitable outcome if fiscal policy is left on autopilot
The Harmful Consequences of China’s Leftward Shift
Chinese officials are sabotaging the nation with industrial policy
Industrial Policy and Mitchell’s Law
Biden got a victory, but the American economy suffered a defeat.
The Unfortunate Demise of Disney’s Private Governance
There were better ways to end cronyism.