by Dan Mitchell | Mar 25, 2023 | Blogs, Education
I almost feel sorry for the union bosses at the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers. They were upset when West Virginia adopted statewide school choice in 2021 and they got even angrier when Arizona did the...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 24, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
I’ve repeatedly expressed opposition to “universal basic income” and I repeated those concerns as part of a conference at the Acton Institute earlier this week. If you don’t want to spend two minutes to watch the video, all you need to know is that I’m worried that...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 23, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Socialism
In Part I of this series, I documented the dramatic decline in living standards ever since socialists took power in Venezuela. In Part II, I compared Venezuela’s decline to the other Latin American nations, particularly the success story of Chile....
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 22, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe, Welfare and Entitlements
Leftists should be nice to rich people people because those entrepreneurs, investors, and business owners are the ones financing the federal government. However, there are too few rich people to finance a European-sized welfare state. The above video is...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 21, 2023 | Blogs, Economics, Laffer Curve, Taxation
Back in 2010, I shared a comparison of Obama and JFK on tax policy. For an update, here’s a comparison of Biden’s class-warfare agenda with JFK’s supply-side agenda. I’m sharing this video for two reasons. The first reason is that it...
