If you’re not a lobbyist, cronyist, corporate fat cat, or other form of insider, the Ex-Im Bank is a lose-lose proposition.
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.
The Alberta Example: Spending Caps Are the Way to Prevent Unsustainable Fiscal Binges During Growth Years
We need a spending cap as constraint on the destructive behavior of politicians.
The First World War and the Costly Burden of Obamanomics
What does World War I have to do with Obamanomics?
The Laffer Curve, Tax Progressivity, and Government Revenue: What’s the Higher Priority for Leftists, Raising Revenue or Punishing Success?
A conundrum for the left: the best way of maximizing revenue is to minimize the economic damage of the tax system.
The State Department’s Refugee Program Shouldn’t be a Terrorist-Funding Welfare Scam
The federal government is using the refugee program to expand the problem of dependency.
Shut Down the Department of Education, End Federal Government Involvement and Intervention
The government needs an exit plan for education.
The Joy of Welfare-Funded Holiday Trips to Bali and Dubai
A bold new member of the Moocher Hall of Fame.
In the Case of Asset Forfeiture, the Moral Case against Big Government Is Even More Compelling than the Economic Case
All decent and humane people should stand united against thuggery by government.
The Empirical Case for a Much Smaller Public Sector
The Rahn Curve shows the non-linear relationship between the size of government and economic performance.
Amazing Chutzpah – and Cluelessness – from the Obama Administration
The Obama administration throws boulders at ISIS from its glass house.