What we’re looking at is suffering rather than flourishing.
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.
Social Security’s $78.3 Trillion Problem
It will reach trillion dollar deficits in just a few decades.
Federal Redistribution Programs Trap Poor People in Dependency, Part II
Has expanding the welfare state helped the fight against poverty?
The All-Time Leftist Hypocrisy Award?
Will this example of hypocrisy forever top the list?
Trump’s Energy Socialism, Part II
Once again, Trump is giving taxpayer money to his cronies in the energy industry.
A State Suicide Pact, Part IV
The push for class-warfare tax increases seems overwhelmingly driven by spite and envy.
China’s Self-Sabotaging Industrial Policy and Lessons for America
Government interference inhibits productivity growth.
Political Philosophy and Government Corruption
Are some ideologies more prone to corruption?
Red States vs. Blue States, Part VII
Some states are growing while others languish.
Do Small Governments Mean a “Failed State”?!?
Would cutting taxes jeopardize the country?