by Dan Mitchell | Mar 27, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
Last year, I filled out a do-it-yourself federal budget prepared by the Washington Post and another one put together by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. In both cases, my main complaint was that they did not give enough...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 25, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, States
Colorado has the best fiscal rule in the United States. The Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) limits state government spending so that it cannot grow faster than inflation plus population. Does Colorado’s spending cap work perfectly?...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 24, 2024 | Blogs, Economics
Time for Part III in my series on the economics of creative destruction (here’s Part I and Part II). We’ll start with this clip from a recent trans-Atlantic interview. As you can see from the discussion, I openly acknowledge that the progress enabled by...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 23, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation, Welfare and Entitlements
I’ve already written two columns (here and here) about why a “bipartisan” budget deal would be a recipe for higher taxes and bigger government. To start our third installment in this series, here’s a clip from my recent appearance on Vance Ginn’s Let People...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 22, 2024 | Blogs, Economic Growth
About 12 years ago, there was a controversial claim (based in part on some of my analysis) that Obama was the most fiscally conservative president of the 1980-2012 period, which includes Reagan. I crunched the numbers to show where that claim was true...
