They’re willing to shower the wealthy with big tax breaks so long as key interest groups applaud.
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.
Refundability = Redistribution
Politicians have learned how to use this as a tool.
The Best Part of USMCA Is that Most of NAFTA Is Preserved
But it does create some new barriers to trade.
Don’t Copy the United Kingdom’s Government-Run, Single-Payer Health System
There’s a lot of data suggesting the system doesn’t work.
Great Moments in British Government
Insiders use government as a racket to enrich their lifestyles.
U.K. Election Week, Part V: A Tory Landslide for Brexit and Beyond
That was some result!
U.K. Election Week, Part IV: A Final Edition of Brexit Humor (Hopefully)
A last opportunity to share some Brexit-themed humor.
U.K. Election Week, Part III: Remembering Margaret Thatcher
She oversaw a dramatic increase in economic liberty.
U.K. Election Week, Part II: Political Humor
Even though the prospect of a hard-core socialist government for the U.K. isn’t funny
U.K. Election Week, Part I: The Threat of Corbynomics
Do voters understand this history?