Crippling market forces has not worked out for the U.S.

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.
Debating Fiscal Policy and Red Ink for USA Today
America’s long-run fiscal challenge is entirely driven by excessive spending growth.
Blame Spending, Not Trump Tax Cuts, for the National Debt
This article appeared in USA Today.
Australia, Donald Trump, and Limited Government: Part II
Appearing on one of Australia’s most popular political programs.
Texas vs. California
If this were a boxing match, the towel would have been thrown already.
Trump’s Self-Sabotaging Trade Taxes
The various tax hikes on trade cumulatively represent a giant tax increase.
An Emerging Anti-Socialist Wing of the Democratic Party?
Two candidates have explicitly rejected the poisonous ideology.
Obama, Brazil, and Guns
Obama gives an encore performance.
Everything You Need to Understand about Protectionism, in a Single Image
This little girl has been busy.
Politicians in California Town Wipe Out Jobs and Businesses with Higher Minimum Wage
It’s not just workers who are suffering.








