by Dan Mitchell | Nov 7, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs
As explained in my three-part series (here, here, and here), socialism is a poisonous ideology. With poisonous results. It is morally corrupt, elevating government over the individual and the family. And it is economically...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 6, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I don’t spend much time worrying about why the United States has a big budget deficit. I’m much more concerned about the fact that the federal government is too big and that it is spending too much. Moreover, there’s plenty of...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 4, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
If Republicans do as well as expected in next Tuesday’s mid-term elections, especially with regard to gubernatorial and state legislative contests, I expect that more states will enact and expand on school choice in 2023. That will be great...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 3, 2022 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
The Laffer Curve is a very straightforward concept. It graphically illustrates why politicians are wrong if they think you can double tax revenue by doubling tax rates (or that revenues will drop by 50 percent if tax rates are cut in half)....
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 2, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs
While Donald Trump issued some inanely illiterate tweets to promote protectionism, Joe Biden has made a fool of himself with tweets on a wider range of issues. Jaw-dropping economic illiteracy about gas prices.Using make-believe...