by Dan Mitchell | Oct 10, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Taxation
President Biden’s fiscal agenda of higher taxes and bigger government is not a recipe for prosperity. How much will it hurt the economy? Last month, I shared the results of a new study I wrote with Robert O’Quinn for the Club for Growth...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 8, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Having been in Washington for close to 40 years, I’ve seen lots of budget dishonesty, but nothing compares to Joe Biden’s claim that his profligate budget proposals have zero cost. According to the official numbers, that’s a $3.5 trillion lie....
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 7, 2021 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
There are many reasons to reject Joe Biden’s proposal for higher corporate tax rates, and I listed many of them when I narrated this nine-minute video. This two-minute video from the Tax Foundation has a similar message. The main message is that...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 6, 2021 | Blogs, Free Market
Don Boudreaux, Deirdre McCloskey, and Dan Hannan have all explained how capitalism enabled mass prosperity after endless stagnation and poverty. There’s a similar message in this video from Kite & Key Media. The most relevant parts start...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 5, 2021 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
Remember the supposedly breathtaking revelations from the “Panama Papers” back in 2016? We were told those stolen documents were an indictment against so-called tax havens, but the real lesson was that politicians and other government insiders are very prone...
