They may sound good, but money laundering laws have been a failure.

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.
The United States Has the Third-Most Competitive Economy, but Could Be #1 if Government Was Smaller and Less Expensive
Bad government policy is keeping the U.S. out of the top spot.
Assessing the Trump Meltdown and Predicting the 2016 President Election (not that It Matters for those Who Fight for Liberty)
My two cents on the mess.
A Video(s) Primer on Public Choice Economics
A sober-minded assessment of how government really works.
Advice for Taxpayers: If You Can’t Move to Hong Kong or the Cayman Islands, Move to Florida or Indiana
New rankings from Cato and the Tax Foundation are out!
Good Intentions Aren’t Enough
World Bank study shows there are things worse even than child labor.
What to Do About Bad Bureaucrats?
Some solutions to a serious problem.
Is Bernie Sanders Crazy, Blind, or Evil?
If he’s not crazy, then he’s morally blind. Or evil.
Trump, Tax Reform, and the Media-Generated Faux Controversy over “Net Operating Losses”
Media hysteria over Trump’s taxes could lead to bad policy.
Main Lesson from Tax Reform in Belgium? It’s Impossible to Have a Good Tax System and a Big Government
You can’t have a non-punitive tax system when the government is consuming half of what the private sector produces.






