Republicans are parading through Iowa promising special handouts for political support.

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.
Great Moments in Local, State, National, and Foreign Government
There is no level of government immune from stupidity.
You Be the Judge: Traffic Enforcement, Predatory Government, and Legitimate Class Warfare
Should the rich pay higher traffic fines?
Time to Feel Sorry for the IRS and Give it More Money?
The IRS is again crying poverty. Here’s why you shouldn’t believe them.
Polls Finds Government Bureaucrats “Thriving” More Than Private Sector
Yet more evidence that the federal workforce is living on Easy Street.
Jihadi John (a.k.a, Mohammed Emwazi) Should also Be Known as Moocher Mohammed
The Brits are subsidizing an infamous terrorist.
What? Now the White House Wants to Raise Taxes without Congressional Approval!
Next President Obama wants to “go it alone” on tax hikes.
Grading the Rubio-Lee Tax Reform Plan
How does their plan stack up against these criteria for good tax reform?
The Potentially Big Downside Risks of Easy Money, QE, and Artificially Low Interest Rates
A London central banker was refreshingly candid about the dangers of easy money.
Ending the Export-Import Bank’s Corporate Welfare Should Be a Gimme for the GOP
If you’re not a lobbyist, cronyist, corporate fat cat, or other form of insider, the Ex-Im Bank is a lose-lose proposition.





