Teacher unions are having a very bad year.
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.
More Evidence Against Universal Basic Income
New study confirms basic income would be bad news.
The Failure of Socialism in Venezuela, Part III
It’s a sign of progress that media is acknowledging the role of socialism in Venezuela’s collapse.
There Are Not Enough Rich People to Finance Big Government
Even Bernie Sanders recognizes this reality.
Prosperity and Taxation: What Can We Learn from the 1960s?
JFK showed that lower tax rates encourage more productive behavior.
Another Huckster Misleads on Poverty
WaPo’s Timothy Noah uses the OECD dishonest definition.
Phantom Austerity at the U.K.’s Government-Run Health System
The NHS is doing a lousy job, but it’s not because of a shrinking budget.
More Evidence for Switzerland’s Spending Cap
The US needs a spending cap modeled after Switzerland.
Political Drama: French Welfare State Showdown
French voters and lawmakers have an entitlement mentality.
The Case Against Biden’s Class-Warfare Tax Policy, Part VI
What Biden would do to American competitiveness is incomprehensibly foolish.