These charts are telling.

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.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development: Cronyism and Corruption Instead of Growth
Given the dismal track record of other international bureaucracies, as well as the systemic failure of foreign aid to produce better economic performance, it’s unclear whether any reforms could salvage the EBRD.
In a Single Image, Everything You Need to Know about the New CBO Budget Numbers
Why everyone in Washington is pretending to be agitated.
A Deceptive and Inaccurate Call for Higher Taxes
A shoddy and deceptive case for higher taxes.
Good News on Unemployment, but So-So News on Jobs and Dependency
Measuring the real health of the labor market.
Swamp-Creature Republicans Think They Can Atone for a Spending Binge with a Hollow (and Sure-to-Lose) Vote for the Wrong Version of a Constitutional Amendment
Do they really think we’re that stupid?!?
Which State Will Be the First to Suffer Fiscal Collapse?
What does the trend of tax-motivated migration mean?
Keynesian Economics and Transitory, Beggar-Thy-Neighbor Stimulus
More faults with Keynesian economics.
Trump’s Failing Grade on Trade Threatens His Overall GPA on Economic Policy
Trump is sabotaging the progress he made on tax policy and regulation.
Privatization Options for the Scandal-Plagued Veterans Administration
The VA scandals haven’t stopped.






