by Dan Mitchell | Jun 2, 2021 | Blogs, Health Care
Looking at the dismal performance of the FDA, CDC, and WHO, the obvious takeaway from the pandemic is that big government doesn’t work very well. Indeed, that was the point of a five-part series (see here, here, here, here,...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 1, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
In the world of public finance, Ireland is best known for its 12.5 percent corporate tax rate. That’s a very admirable policy, as will be momentarily discussed, but my favorite Irish policy was the four-year spending freeze in the late 1980s....
by Dan Mitchell | May 31, 2021 | Blogs, Crime, Society
Charles Blow is a doctrinaire left-wing columnist for the New York Times. But I applauded him late last year for expressing sympathy for black gun ownership. He’s certainly not a full-blown supporter of the Second Amendment. And I don’t...
by Dan Mitchell | May 29, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Free Market
When I debate public policy with leftists, I frequently stump them by asking for an example of a country where their ideas have worked. They get flummoxed for the simple reason that no nation has ever become rich with big government. There are some...
by Dan Mitchell | May 28, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
There are many things to dislike about President Biden’s budget plan to expand the burden of government. Class-warfare tax policy.Expanding welfare.Higher levels of red ink. There will be ample opportunity to write about these issues in the coming weeks. For today,...
