Balanced budgets are fine. Spending caps are better.
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.
Government-Subsidized Third-Party Payer Is a Great Recipe to Make a Sector of the Economy More Expensive and Less Efficient
A look at how subsidies can result in costly distortions.
Which States Are Most Drunk on Beer Taxes?
Winners and losers in the beer tax contest.
Governor Walker Is Right to Support Easier Immigration for Rich Foreigners Who Invest and Create Jobs in America
We should welcome foreigners willing to invest money and create jobs in America.
Fiscal Fights with Friends, Part II: Grading AEI’s Big-Picture Tax and Budget Reform
Finding the good and the bad in AEI’s plan.
Fiscal Fights with Friends, Part I: Responding to Reihan Salam’s Argument against the Flat Tax
Friendly fire hits the flat tax.
Instead of Ending Poverty, Big Government Subsidizes Dependency
Obama’s unimpressive call for more statism
Amtrak Needs Privatization, Not More Handouts and Subsidies
It’s time to wean Amtrak from the public teat.
Another Edition of Great Moments in Government Waste, Malfeasance, and Foolishness
Another government agency exposed for mismanagement and waste.
Big Government Is an Anchor on America’s Economy, Undermining Investment and Wage Growth
Bad government policy is depressing investment.