High tax rates are a way of redistributing people.
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.
Big Government: Puerto Rico’s Man-Made Disaster
Puerto Rico should become the Hong Kong of America.
Child Labor, Economic Development, and the Folly of Good Intentions
We shouldn’t put good intentions above real-world results.
Prostitution Is Sad and Tragic…but Should Be Legal
Some governments in the United States are looking to legalize sexual/monetary relations between consenting adults.
Demographic Change and Entitlement Disaster
This shift will have serious implications.
The Goal of Business Tax Reform Should Be Enhanced Competitiveness, Not More Loot for Politicians
Why can’t the GOP just do the right thing?
Now There Are Four: Another Honest Liberal Debunks Gun Control
Some intellectual honesty about the fallacy of gun control.
Tax Cuts, Cherry-Picked Data, and Interesting Admissions
Slippery use of data to make a dishonest argument against tax cuts.
An Important Lesson about Corporate Income Tax Rates, Double Taxation, Competitiveness, and Tax Revenue
The Laffer Curve is alive and well.
Four (Past) Presidents Debunk the Case for Higher Taxes
Wise words from four former presidents on tax policy.