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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.
Macron’s Pension Reform Is Necessary (but Inadequate)
Macron wants reforms to the country’s pay-as-you-go pension system.
Washington’s Fake Spending Cut Charade
Misleading rhetoric again clouds budget debates.
The Continuing Failure of Government-Run Healthcare in the United Kingdom
Socialism produces predictably bad results.
National Sales Tax Update: Test Vote for the Fair Tax
Fundamental tax reform is back on the agenda.
Fiscal Follies: Texas vs. California, Part VIII
What were the consequences of California’s grotesque spending binge?
Addressing IRS Dysfunction
The IRS doesn’t need more money and power. It needs a better tax code to enforce.
The Solution to Maine’s Fiscal Problems – and a Lesson for the Entire Nation
Governments at all levels have a hard time complying with fiscal policy’s Golden Rule.
Another Bureaucratic Attack on Lifestyle Quality (and Freedom of Choice)
The nanny-state crowd targets gas stoves.
Chicago’s Downward Spiral
Why are businesses escaping?