by Dan Mitchell | Apr 14, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
The big fiscal fight in Washington is whether the United States should become a European-style welfare state. In part, this is automatically happening because of demographic change and poorly designed entitlement programs. But there’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 13, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs
I don’t like big-government Democrats, but I’m even more hostile to big-government Republicans. That’s because the Democrats don’t lie to me. They openly advocate higher taxes and a bigger burden of government spending. Many Republicans, by...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 12, 2023 | Blogs, Education
Back in 2013, I shared some research showing how school choice produced good results. Not just in terms of student achievement, but also benefits for taxpayers as well. Since then, I’ve shared additional research showing how school choice...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 11, 2023 | Blogs, Taxation
The economic argument against wealth taxation is very straightforward. Such a levy is akin to a very high marginal tax rate on saving and investment. Indeed, it’s quite possible that the effective tax rate would exceed 100 percent....
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 10, 2023 | Blogs, Economics, Supply Side
As documented in Commanding Heights: The Battle of Ideas, Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan saved their nations from economic malaise and decline. Today, let’s focus on what happened in the United Kingdom. Economic liberty greatly...
