Washington is running annual deficits of nearly $2 trillion.
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.
Bureaucrats Against Bambi, Part V
Maybe local governments should concentrate on real issues?
Yes, Social Security Is a Ponzi Scheme
This shouldn’t be controversial.
Taxation Changes Behavior…and History
Taxpayer unrest can have a profound impact.
The Case Against Socialism, Part IV
A slam-dunk argument for more economic liberty and less socialism.
What Is “Cherry Picking”?
Numbers have to be trusted to be persuasive.
Trump’s Cash-for-Citizenship Plan
Trump’s proposal is a step in the right direction.
How the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission Mangled De Minimis Analysis
The Commission’s report makes several weak arguments in hopes of justifying this tax increase.
Washington Post Hypocrisy?
Why is the newspaper suddenly in favor of deficit reduction?
Advice for DOGE: Curtail Record Welfare Spending in Washington
The burden of redistribution is expanding.