Is Santa more liberal or conservative?
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.
Strangling Santa (and Everyone Else) with Regulation and Red Tape
The President gave the economy a special regulatory gift before jetting off to Hawaii.
The Final Nail in the Keynesian Coffin?
There’s a growing consensus against Keynes’ free-lunch theory
Crocodile Tears for the IRS
The IRS budget has doubled in 30 years. Don’t listen to their whining about tiny cuts now.
‘Tis the Season…to be Thankful for an “Unproductive” Congress
The media complains about a lack of “productivity” under divided government. I celebrate it.
The Best-Ever Argument for Federalism
Vermont’s abandonment of single-payer shows why federalism is such a good system.
A Practical (and Semi-Optimistic) Plan to Tame the Federal Leviathan
By the numbers, a budget surplus is not that hard to achieve.
The Case Against the IRS and the “Progressive” Income Tax
There are many different tax reform proposals that exhibit the principles of a good tax system.
Elizabeth Warren’s Faux Populism vs. Jeb Hensarling’s Genuine Fight against K Street Cronyism
Senator Warren pays lip service to anti-cronyism, but in the end always votes for more.
Pro-Keynesian Journalist Accidentally Shows that Smaller Government Is Good for Economic Growth
They keep scoring on their own goal.