Poverty is the natural state.
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.
The Case for Capitalism, Part V
How free enterprise delivers prosperity for the masses.
Biden, the Minimum Wage, and Political Fantasy
What is he thinking?
In One Image, Everything You Need to Know about Government Intervention
More people would distrust government if they saw this.
Coronavirus and the Failure of Big Government: A Closer Look at the FDA
The FDA is mindlessly causing needless danger and death.
Four Major Problems with Senator Romney’s Plan for Universal Child Allowances
A bad plan for those who prefer smaller government, less dependency, and less centralization.
A Case Study of Sloppy Research and Media Bias
The media drools over a flawed study.
A Case Study of How Venezuelan Socialism Killed the Goose with the Golden Eggs
Anatomy of a government-caused crisis.
Amazon’s Shameful Effort to Sabotage Small Businesses
The company wants to use the coercive power of government to harm its competitors.
Will the Supreme Court Limit Tax Imperialism by Massachusetts?
Perhaps the Supreme Court can make up for some past mistakes