A new study documents the failure of major redistribution programs to reduce poverty.

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.
Our Healthcare Policy Problem Is Much Bigger than Obamacare
Repeal is not enough.
If You Want to Gauge the Health of the Job Market, Focus on Employment rather than Unemployment
An important indicator shows scant improvement.
The Stupid Party Strikes Again: GOP Flirts with Gas Tax Hike
Can Republicans really be this stupid?
India’s Amazing No-Show Civil Servant Wins Membership in the Bureaucrat Hall of Fame
This bureaucrat puts other freeloading slackers to shame.
One Good Result and One Bad Result of Obamacare
I have something nice to say about Obamacare. Really.
There Are some Bad Cops, but the Real Problem Is Bad Laws
Police have their faults, but the bigger problem is bad law written by politicians.
The Left Is Salivating for a New Energy Tax on American Consumers
Obama’s former Chief Economist wants an energy tax, but at least he’s honest about what he wants to do with the revenue.
Another Strong Entry in the Least-Sympathetic-Victim-of-Obamacare Contest
Crocodile tears for the Harvard faculty.
Another Nauseating Example of Government Thuggery
The WSJ provides the sordid details of a bureaucratic injustice.



