The real story is the statist campaign to redefine poverty to mean unequal distribution of income.
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.
Will the International Nightmare of FATCA Finally Be Repealed?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.
Business Taxation and Connecting the Dots on Tax Rates, Tax Base, and Tax Revenue
A big reduction in the corporate rate would be unambiguously positive for the American economy.
Donald Trump, Transgender Kids, and the Separation of Bathroom and State
Another culture war fight.
Italy’s Continuing Downward Spiral
Sooner or later the wheels are going to fall off the bus.