Politicians and bureaucrats are prone to nonsense everywhere.
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.
Congressman Bera and Planned Parenthood Unwittingly Endorse End to Taxpayer Handouts
Sometimes statists accidentally promote free markets and small government.
Warning: Bernie Sanders Will Be Very Expensive to Your Wallet
He’s pushing the biggest ever peacetime expansion of government in modern American history.
New Census Bureau Report on Income and Poverty Is a Damning Indictment of Obamanomics
Two damning charts on income and poverty in the United States.
America’s Unfortunate Loss of Economic Liberty in the 21st Century
The U.S. plummets on economic liberty rankings.
Fiscal Policy, Tax Cuts, and “Voodoo Economics”
Advocates of good tax policy need to be willing to impose accompanying fiscal discipline.
Secession in the Modern World: Should Sardinia Leave Italy and Join Switzerland?
Decentralization, self-determination, and limited government should favor the ability of regions to either declare independence or choose to join neighboring countries.
Fiscal Policy, Tax Cuts, and “Voodoo Economics”
Is “supply-side economics” a bad thing or good thing?
By the Numbers: America’s Unfortunate Fiscal Evolution from Madisonian Constitutionalism to Wilsonian Statism
If you have any interest in America’s fiscal history, it’s worth your time to read this JEC report.
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Bureaucracy and Government
It’s very discouraging that so many bureaucrats have figured out how to become part of the top 1 percent.