The law of unintended consequences strikes again.
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.
Debunking the Anti-Empirical Case for Bigger Government
Economic performance driven by…government spending?
The Supposed Crisis of Student Debt Is Actually the Predictable Consequence of Government Subsidies
Government subsidies go straight to administrator’s pockets.
The Ever-Growing Fiscal Burden of Obamacare
One reason why the fiscal burden of health entitlements keeps growing so rapidly.
Setting Aside Crassness and Bluster, Trump’s a Typical Big-Government Republican
Another Republican unlikely to challenge Washington’s preference for government growth.
Germany’s Über-Zealous Tax Enforcement
They’re billing residents for Nazi construction. Seriously.
Venezuela Is Heading for the Fourth Circle of Statist Hell
What a miserable tragedy.
Debunking Leftist Mythology on Sweden and Denmark
Everything good about Nordic nations was already in place before the era of big government.
Masochism Exercise, Part II: Reviewing the Republican Platform
Does the average Republican politicians even know what is in the GOP platform?
Masochism Exercise, Part I: Reviewing the Democratic Platform
Rated ‘L’ for leftist.