This buy-back scheme is unintentionally hilarious.
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.
In a Single Story, Everything You Need to Know about Waste and the Federal Government
This is outrageous on several levels.
New Research: Even Talking about Tax Increases Can Cause Economic Damage
Shhh!
Trade and Creative Destruction
Creative destruction is the best part and worst part of capitalism.
Piketty Urges Higher Taxes in Response to French Tax Revolt
This terrible plan would make Europe’s problems even worse.
How Washington Profits from “Tax Extenders”
This debate over “tax extenders” is a sad illustration of why the tax system is such a mess.
George H.W. Bush: Good Man, Bad President
Bush was not as good of a president as a man.
There’s No Galt’s Gulch, but New Zealand, Switzerland, and Hong Kong Are the Next-Best Alternatives
There is a correlation between personal freedom and economic freedom.
More Evidence for Private Social Security
Many developed nations already have fully or partly privatized systems.
Research on Why Lower-Income People Are Skeptical about a Bigger Welfare State
There are many plausible explanations, but which is right?