He’s been hit by a contrived controversy and manufactured outrage.
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.
Alaska’s Oil-Fueled Spending Binge Violates Fiscal Policy’s Golden Rule, Leads to Budget Mess
Governments get in trouble because politicians have a hard time resisting the urge to spend money during growth years.
In One Image, the Case for Ripping Up the Internal Revenue Code
Rather than trashing the Constitution, we should be trashing the internal revenue code.
If the President Wants “Common Sense” Gun Laws, He Should Support Liberalization Rather than Confiscation
The President never tells us what his “common sense” gun laws would actually entail.
Governor Jindal’s Bold Reform Plan Slashes Revenue to DC, Abolishes the Corporate Income Tax
Jindal deserves credit for actually wanting to solve problems.
The Japanese Version of Another Great Moment in Government Incompetence
Too incompetent even to give money away.
Recycling: The Triumph of Feel-Goodism over Common Sense
Evidence suggests recycling is an expensive feel-good gesture by guilt-ridden rich people.
Chile’s Private Social Security System Should Be Globally Emulated, not Locally Emasculated
Chile’s left-wing government seeks to undermine the successful free-market Chilean Model.
The Texas Grocery Store that Helped Push the Evil Empire on to the Ash Heap of History
A senior communist functionary was once wowed when exposed to a slice of capitalism.
The Disgusting Corruption of America’s Political Class
Another Congressman for sale.