This article appeared in the Washington Examiner.
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.
“Medicare for All” Would Copy the Bad Features of the U.K.’s Government-Run System
Government-run healthcare in the United Kingdom has some very unfriendly features.
Foreign Aid Won’t Reduce Illegal Immigration from Central America
There’s a mountain of evidence showing that foreign aid weakens recipient economies.
Senator Wyden Shows that It Is Possible to Worsen Capital Gains Taxation
Why would Sen. Wyden propose such a clunky class-warfare scheme?
Brexit Humor
Parliament can’t make up their collective mind.
The Federal Reserve and Boom-Bust Monetary Policy
Monetary policy is the big threat.
To Improve Transportation, More Private Sector or More Federal Involvement?
Washington should have no role in infrastructure.
Young People Reject Socialism in the Classroom
Students are more perceptive when applying incentives in their own lives.
Budget Dishonesty in Washington
So much for draconian spending cuts.
Banging the Drum for Tax Increases at the International Monetary Fund
This is a pattern for the IMF.