The “Brazilian Trump” isn’t so Trump on this issue.
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.
Basic Income, Public Choice, and the Slippery Slope
Proof of the slippery slope.
The IMF, State Capacity, and Spurious Correlation
The weak relationship between taxes and growth.
To Help the Poor, Focus on Poverty Reduction Rather than Inequality
The left gets so fixated on inequality that they are willing to deprive the poor.
A $3.12 Billion Suggestion for Bill Gates
We’ll take him seriously when he walks the walk.
The Looming Threat of Higher Capital Gains Taxation
Penalizing saving and investing is misguided.
The Left’s Class-Warfare Numbers Don’t Add Up
Lower-income and middle-class taxpayers are the ones with bulls-eyes on their back.
The Predictably Perverse Impact of Greek Bailouts
Tax increases always make a bad fiscal situation worse.
The Seen, the Unseen, and the Pitfalls of Business Subsidies
We need separation of business and state.
The Continuing Tax Migration to Florida
Two recent feel-good stories.