Sometimes things that are simple on paper are not so simple in reality.
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.
Pro and Con: George Will vs. Al Hunt on Impeaching a Corrupt IRS Commissioner
Whether or not Koskinen deserves to be impeached, the IRS is a rogue agency.
What Lessons Can America Learn from Europe?
Evidence is clear: the United States should not be more like Europe
Get the Federal Government Out of Our Stomachs
Non-compliant pasta and contraband salt?!
The EITC: Washington’s Fastest-Growing Form of Income Redistribution
Another federal government redistribution program that doesn’t work.
Profound Thoughts from the Left: Up Is Down, Night Is Day, and Capitalism Is Coercion
Leftists still believe in magic.
Why Is the Obama Administration Allowing an International Bureaucracy to Push Tax Policies that Will Make America Companies Less Competitive?
I’m happy that BEPS is finally getting some hostile attention, but I wonder why it took so long.
A Challenge to the GOP from Bernie Sanders: Put Up or Shut Up on Capitalism
I’d like every single GOP candidate to be asked some version of Sanders’ question.
Faux Outrage, Ben Carson, and the Right (and Obligation) of Self Defense
He’s been hit by a contrived controversy and manufactured outrage.
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.