By the numbers, a budget surplus is not that hard to achieve.
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.
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.
“Cromnibus” Spending Bill Is a Victory and a Defeat
The good and the bad from the “Cromnibus” for advocates of limited government.
Which Costly Family Most Deserves to Enter the Moocher Hall of Fame?
Two new competitors vying for entrance into the Moocher Hall of Fame.
We Need Fewer Laws: Over-Criminalization Hurts the Innocent and Empowers Government
Laws should be few, comprehensible, and narrowly focused on protecting life, liberty, and property.
In Another Episode of Economic Malpractice, the OECD Claims Higher Taxes and More Redistribution Will Boost Growth
OECD: Fighting for big government and redistribution with your tax dollars.
Debunking the Debunking of Dynamic Scoring and the Laffer Curve
Matthew Yglesias mostly attacks strawmen in his attempting debunking of dynamic scoring.
Government Coercion Is the Common Link between Nazism, Communism, and other forms of Socialism
Dan Hannan provides an important history lesson.