A contrast of two nations.
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.
Can Politicians Save the Welfare State by Urging – or even Subsidizing – More Baby-Making?
Pyramid schemes based on demographics will eventually fail, too.
Does America Share Japan’s Grim Future?
Japan offers relevant warning signs for the U.S.
Story about German “Poverty” Features World’s Most Dishonest Headline or World’s Most Clueless Headline
The real story is the statist campaign to redefine poverty to mean unequal distribution of income.
Will the International Nightmare of FATCA Finally Be Repealed?
Even the “taxpayer advocate” at the IRS recognizes that FATCA is a disgrace.
Nine Positive and Eight Negative Observations from Trump’s Speech
Is Trump a big-government Republican or a small-government conservative?
Great Moments in Local Government
Fleecing taxpayers and squandering the illicit gains.
Laffer Curve Lessons for Leftists, Part VI
Another acknowledgment of the central premise of supply-side economics.
Laffer Curve Lessons for Leftists, Part V
Tax increases so “successful” they lower revenue.
Two Utterly Depressing Medicaid Graphs
How Medicaid metastasized into one of the fastest-growing entitlement programs.